K’taka Health Minister Requests Covid recovered to undergo TB test
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar urged people who have recovered from Covid and their family members to voluntarily get evaluated for Tuberculosis (TB). More than 28 lakh people in the state who have recovered from
Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar urged people who have recovered from Covid and their family members to voluntarily get evaluated for Tuberculosis (TB).
More than 28 lakh people in the state who have recovered from the COVID-19 infection. Since both COVID-19 and TB infect the lungs, the state has launched a special drive to ensure early detection of TB in people who have recovered from the virus. The special TB test drive which will be held across the state from August 16 to 31.
Sudhakar said the state government has initiated this special drive to evaluate post-COVID-19 complications in people who have recovered from novel coronavirus infection.
Since 2017, as many as 75 lakh suspected TB cases have been identified and 88 per cent of them have been tested. About 3.9 per cent have been detected with tuberculosis, the minister said.
