TB, Malaria & AIDS toll may rise as focus shifts to Covid-19

As per mathematical models, each month of lockdown in India could cause an additional 40,685 deaths between 2020 and 2025 due to TB. India will bear the maximum brunt, followed by Kenya with an additional 1,157 deaths and Ukraine with 137 deaths over this period. Another modelling study showed Covid-19 could potentially double the number of malaria deaths.
Source: The Economic Times - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news