recommendedpdf iconexternal icon by the World Health Organizationpdf iconexternal icon (WHO) for persons with respiratory symptoms (7).Although data on COVID-19 and TB are limited, there is mounting evidence that patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including TB, are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness and death (10-13).
There are very limited data on the risk and severity of COVID-19 in children with co-morbidities such as TB, however, it is possible that TB could increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease in children, as it appears to do in adults.
Therefore, children who have TB and are infected with COVID-19 should be monitored for signs of severe disease.In countries or settings with a high incidence of TB, the.