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Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic could herald a rise in superbugs

from Battlefords News-Optimist

Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic could herald a rise in superbugs Battlefords News-Optimist Copious use of hand sanitizer and disinfectant is crucial in the fight against COVID-19, but it could be setting Canada back in the battle against superbugs. Microbiologists say antimicrobial resistant organisms, or superbugs, are a pandemic on the same scale as COVID-19, though it will play out on a much longer timeline. Antimicrobial resistance was directly responsible for 5,400 deaths in 2018, according to a recent report by the Council of Canadian Academies. READ MORE

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