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More than eight million diagnosed with TB last year, says WHO

MORE than eight million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) last year, according to a damning World Health Organisation (WHO) report.

This is the highest number recorded since the United Nations health agency began keeping track of the illness.

Around 1.25 million people died of TB last year, says the report published on Tuesday, adding that it has probably returned to being the world’s most deadly infectious disease after being replaced by Covid-19 during the pandemic. 

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