Vaccinations and screenings for measles, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases are down in the Corona pandemic. In recent decades, the world has made dramatic progress in lowering the number of deaths from infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, and polio. But as campaigns are paused or cut back and as people miss routine care due to the Corona virus pandemic, these illnesses are getting a rare opportunity to come roaring back. The other infectious diseases are spreading in the shadow of the Corona pandemic.
(Source: June 17, Vox)