“Our country has shown a significant reduction in the burden of tuberculosis in a relatively short period of time,” Skvortsova quotes TASS.
She noted that over the past 10 years, the incidence of tuberculosis in Russia has decreased by almost half, and mortality from the disease - by three times.
The Minister also clarified that the trend towards a reduction in mortality from tuberculosis continues in 2019.
On May 15, the 360 television channel reported that the death rate from tuberculosis in the Moscow region, according to Rosstat, decreased by 25.9% in the first quarter of 2019.