Geneva: Reporting of tuberculosis cases in India fell 41% between 2019 and 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, according to Global TB WHO 2021 report released on Thursday.
India, followed by Indonesia (14%), the Philippines (12%) and China (8%) are four countries that contribute the greatest to global reduction in TB notifications between 2019 and 2020.
Around 16 countries, including these four, together The same contributed 93% of the total global notification.
In its annual report on TB, the UN health agency said 1.5 million people worldwide died due to last year’s bacterial disease, a slight increase from 1.4 million deaths in 2019.
Increased TB death, the first of a decade, occurred mainly at 30 The country with the highest TB burden, including India.
The report said the number of newly diagnosed people with TB and those reported to the National Government fell to 5.8 million by 2020 from 7.1 million in 2019.
Who estimates that around 4.1 million people today suffer from TB but yet Diagnosed with disease or has been diagnosed not officially reported to national authorities.
This figure rose from 2.9 million in 2019.
The report showed that the Covid-19 pandemic reversed the year of global progress in handling TB.
There is a reduction in TB prevention terms: around 2.8 million people access this by 2020, reduction of 21% since 2019.
In addition, 2020 also sees a decline in global investment for diagnostic services, maintenance and prevention of TB.