Country-specific lockdown measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on tuberculosis control: a global study.
Giovanni Battista MiglioriPei Min ThongJan Willem C AlffenaarJustin T DenholmMarina TadoliniFatma Al YaquobiSeif S Al-AbriFrançois-Xavier BlancDaniele Antonio PizzutoJeremiah Chakaya MuhwaJin-Gun ChoLuigi Ruffo CodecasaEdvardas DanilaRaquel DuarteRada DukpaJosé-María García-GarcíaGina GualanoXhevat KurhasaniKaterina ManikaFernanda Carvalho de Queiroz MelloKristin PahlAdrian RendonGiovanni SotgiuSouleymane Mahamadou BassirouTania A ThomasSimon TiberiHeinke KunstZarir F UdwadiaDelia GolettiRosella CentisRosella CentisDenise Rossato SilvaPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2022)
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.