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Gabriela Galvin

Tuberculosis cases are up among kids in Europe and Central Asia, health authorities warn

Cases of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest infectious disease, are up nearly 10 per cent year-over-year among children in Europe and Central Asia, according to a new report from international health agencies.

The data, which is from 2023, indicates that the European region is still grappling with the spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe team.

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