Covid-19 is being replaced by Tuberculosis (TB) as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, as medical experts warn of the threat it poses to the UK.
The biggest ever TB clinical trial is being set up to tackle the hidden pandemic in Africa, where the frontline in the battle against the bug is being fought.
The BCG vaccine was given to all children in the UK to immunise against TB, up until 2005. It is now only given to children who may travel to high-risk countries. Immunity from the illness does not last past the teenage years. The clinic is run by Prof Wilkinson, of London’s Francis Crick Institute. He said: “It’s inevitable TB will be the most deadly infectious disease in the world again. The proportion of resistant TB is gradually increasing everywhere and that is a problem in Europe too.
TB survivor Veliswa Dayeni suffered TB meningitis, a severe form which attacks the brain. The mum of two, 48, survived but was left partially blind. Prof Wilkinson said: “Most people, if you told them TB deaths were of a similar order of magnitude as Covid, they would not believe you. There aren’t enough resources compared to Covid. It’s a drop in the ocean.”
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