WHO: Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious disease
24 March 2020 |
9:07 am
As the coronavirus death toll mounts, global health authorities are reminded that tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease in the world. Over a million deaths are reported every year.
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