Country-specific lockdown measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on tuberculosis control: a global study

Giovanni Battista Migliori(Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri), Pei Min Thong(National University of Singapore), Jan‐Willem C. Alffenaar(The University of Sydney), Justin T. Denholm(Peter Doherty Institute), Marina Tadolini(IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola), Fatma Alyaquobi(Directorate General of Health Services), Seif Al-Abri(Oman Medical College), F.–X. Blanc(Institut du Thorax), Danilo Buonsenso(Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic), Jeremiah Chakaya(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Jin‐Gun Cho(New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry), Luigi Ruffo Codecasa(Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda), Edvardas Danila(Vilnius University), Raquel Duarte(Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia), Rada Dukpa(Ministry of Health), José-María García-García(Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica), Gina Gualano(Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani), Xhevat Kurhasani(University for Business and Technology), Κaterina Manika(G. Papanikolaou General Hospital), Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello(Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Kristin Pahl(Clinton Health Access Initiative), Adrián Rendón(Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León), Giovanni Sotgiu(University of Sassari), Mahamadou Bassirou Souleymane(Damien Foundation), Tania A. Thomas(University of Virginia Health System), Simon Tiberi(Queen Mary University of London), Heinke Kunst(Queen Mary University of London), Zarir Udwadia(P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre), Delia Goletti(Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani), Rosella Centis(Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri), Lia D’Ambrosio(Università della Svizzera italiana), Denise Rossato Silva(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
April 30, 2022
10.36416/1806-3756/e20220087
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to describe country-specific lockdown measures and tuberculosis indicators collected during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on lockdown/social restrictions (compulsory face masks and hand hygiene; international and local travel restrictions; restrictions to family visits, and school closures) were collected from 24 countries spanning five continents. The majority of the countries implemented multiple lockdowns with partial or full reopening. There was an overall decrease in active tuberculosis, drug-resistant tuberculosis, and latent tuberculosis cases. Although national lockdowns were effective in containing COVID-19 cases, several indicators of tuberculosis were affected during the pandemic.

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