COVID-19 disruptions may raise cancer, HIV, TB cases, deaths globally

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“There is concern that the COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in decreased TB clinic attendance, delayed diagnosis and treatment.”

Also, mounting evidence from tissue studies and coronavirus patients suggest that the disease might trigger diabetes by damaging insulin-producing cells, even as the investigators established that persistent cough and fever were most prevalent symptoms associated with the novel virus.

The examiners hypothesised that social distancing might reduce TB incidence as Mycobacterium tuberculosis – the causative bacterium is transmitted via droplets in the air – in a similar fashion with coronavirus. The survey pointed out that the lockdowns imposed to check the spread of COVID-19 were adversely affecting the production and distribution of medicines, potentially leading to high prices and cost.

 

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