But some experts fear coronavirus is distracting us from the dangers of antibiotic resistance. Timothy Walsh, a professor of medical microbiology at Cardiff University, who recently received an OBE for his work on antibiotic resistance, told Good Health: ‘Antibiotic resistance, by most estimates, is killing 800,000 people a year worldwide. alarm) and antibiotic-resistant bacteria (relatively complacent) are because coronavirus appeared with speed, while superbugs are ‘slow-burn’. Doctors now fear antibiotic-resistant bacteria may shut down chemotherapy for cancer patients. Doctors now fear antibiotic-resistant bacteria may shut down chemotherapy for cancer patients.

Source: Daily Mail July 06, 2020 22:07 UTC