Increased antibiotics use in combating the COVID-19 pandemic will strengthen bacterial resistance and ultimately lead to more deaths during the crisis and beyond, the World Health Organization said
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a “worrying number” of bacterial infections were becomingThe UN health agency said it was concerned that the inappropriate use of antibiotics during the coronavirus crisis would further fuel the trend.
The WHO said only a small proportion of COVID-19 patients needed antibiotics to treat subsequent bacterial infections. “It’s clear that the world is losing its ability to use critically important antimicrobial medicines,” he said. “This situation is of significant concern because people living with NCDs are at higher risk of severe COVID-19-related illness and death,” it said.Some 53 percent of countries reported partially or completely disrupted services for hypertension treatment.
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