Britain's chief medical officer: Not every "cough" is Corona, perhaps something "more dangerous"!

 The chief public health doctor in Britain has warned of a decline in interest in some diseases in light of the spread of Corona.

And Dr. Jenny Harris told the BBC, that persistent "coughing" and fever are symptoms of infection with the Corona virus, but they may be a sign of more serious infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.

The warning from the country's chief public health doctor comes with data talking about the registration of more than 4,400 cases of tuberculosis in England during the past year alone.

Harris, chief executive of the UK's Health Security Agency, said late diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, could increase the number of undetected cases.

She added, "It is important to remember that not every cough or cough, besides fever, indicates infection with corona."

"A cough that is usually accompanied by mucus and lasts for more than 3 weeks can be caused by a range of other problems, including tuberculosis," Harris said.

Although tuberculosis is sometimes life-threatening, the vast majority of cases can be successfully treated with appropriate antibiotics for 6 months.

But incomplete or inadequate treatment can lead to the development of drug resistance, which makes it necessary to try other combinations of treatments.

In 2020, deaths from tuberculosis ranked second, after Corona, globally, in the list of deaths from infectious diseases.

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