Dear Editor, On 31 December 2020, China first reported a cluster COVID-19 disease cases
caused by SARS-CoV-2. 1, 2 As of 20 March 2020, a total of 234,073 confirmed COVID-19 …

Dear Editor, The global COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in more than 5 million
cases and. 300 000 deaths. 1 Five of the 55 COVID-19 patients (diagnosed according to the …

Dear Editor, TB remains a major public health threat globally, but the TB epidemic may be
exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. 1, 2 Reports have suggested that TB detection and …

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 …

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 …

On 28 February 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the global risk of the
spread of COVID-19 to very high. Here, we make the case for mass use of masks as an …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may impede global
tuberculosis elimination goals. In Jiangsu Province, China, tuberculosis notifications …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the diagnosis, treatment, and care for
tuberculosis (TB). Delays in seeking TB care may result in increased community …

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic came through a World Health Organization (WHO)
statement declaring an outbreak of pneumonia, similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome …

We read with interest the two articles by Tadolini et al.[1] and Stochino et al.[2], which
described recent cohorts of either current or former tuberculosis (TB) patients with …