HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has a high number of tuberculosis (TB) patients, and a large number of cases with high risk of infection in the community, so proactively detecting the disease at grassroots levels is extremely important. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that last year, about 174,000 new TB patients were discovered, and 11,000 people died from the disease in Việt Nam. Associate professor Nguyễn Bình Hòa, Deputy Director of the National Lung Hospital, said that like other countries in the world, TB prevention in Việt Nam was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. "What is worrying is that each year, Việt Nam has more than 170,000 TB cases, but only about 100,000 are treated and reported. Thus, about 40 per cent of TB patients who have not been detected are in the community, leaving a potential risk of infection," he said.

Source: Viet Nam News December 23, 2023 07:14 UTC