Dear Editor, The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has had important implications for core
public health surveillance functions. As resources are diverted and the public has been …

Dear Editor, The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted TB control globally. 1–9
Throughout the United States, there has been a downward trend in the number of reported …

With the emergence of COVID-19 as a pandemic in January 2020, India has witnessed two
waves of the pandemic. The second wave was worse in terms of magnitude and severity of …

I am writing this correspondence with the interest in an editorial, entitled “COVID-19 and
Tuberculosis”, a viewpoint, entitled “Tuberculosis and COVID-19 in India e double trouble!” …

Dear Editor, Kerala, a state in southern Indian, notified 25,617 (750 per million population)
TB cases in 2019. The mean age of TB patients in Kerala was 50.27 years (standard …

Social distancing is one of the important preventive measures for COVID-19. The
Government of India has imposed nationwide lockdown with effect from March 25, 2020,[11] …

2 Wu Z, McGoogan J M. Characteristics of and important lessons from the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China. JAMA 2020; 24 February: doi: 10.1001/jama …

4. Conclusion COVID-19 and Tuberculosis has spelled double trouble for India. There is a
concern that as efforts are diverted to fight the emergent COVID-19 health crisis, there is …

We reflect on the current and anticipated future impact of the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) control in India. According to the latest figures …

India is home to the most significant number of tuberculosis (TB) cases around the globe.
The COVID-19 crisis has deeply perturbed most of the essential TB services in India …