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I am glad to read that “Guyana is on track to end TB by 2030.” This is ‘big’ news. Tuberculosis, or as we say, TB, worldwide, was pushed aside, because of the COVID crisis, which is still not fully over. The statistics show that COVID-19 has in fact reversed progress made in the fight against TB by over a decade. This was the natural result that defaulted from the necessary input and emphasis on the COVID pandemic, and thus, access to essential TB prevention and care services in 2020 was severely affected. Overall, globally, in 2020, an estimated 9.9 million people were ill with TB, an...

There is no doubt that Covid-19 disruptions have been bad for TB control efforts.

Fears of Covid ‘tsunami’ in Fiji after outbreak found to be Indian variant Guardian staff and Agence France-Presse © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Leon Lord/AFP/Getty Images Fijian health officials are bracing for a “tsunami” of Covid-19 cases, after the Indian variant was detected in the Pacific nation this week, with lockdowns announced in an attempt to stem the outbreak. The Pacific country had largely managed to avoid community transmission over the course of the pandemic, before a cluster emerged this month linked to a quarantine facility, and exacerbate...