Persistent cough may be tuberculosis not Covid, doctor warns

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England recorded 4,430 cases of TB in 2021, provisional data shows.

The UK's top public health doctor says anyone with a persistent cough and fever should not dismiss it as Covid - and should consider other infectious illnesses like tuberculosis .Charities are calling for more funding to tackle the disease around the world.In 2020, global deaths because of tuberculosis ranked second to Covid for any infectious disease.

The country is among one of the 30 countries with highest rates of drug-resistant cases in the world.

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