Africa: Treatment of Covid With Antibiotics Could Add to the Problem of Drug Resistance

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COVID-19 is a major global public health challenge. The pandemic's impacts cut across all sectors. One of the most worrying is its potential impact on antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is a situation where bacteria adapt so that they are no longer affected by antibiotic drugs. This adaptation can happen for a number of reasons, including misuse of the medications.

Antibiotic resistance is becoming a major killer: it is forecast to kill over 10 million people globally by 2050 if it's not tackled.

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