P6‐12: The cruel dual; SARS‐CoV‐2 and tuberculosis co‐infection, the Sri Lankan experience

80% of patients were newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients while 20% had reinfection or reactivation with one Multi Drug Resistant tuberculosis patient. Tuberculosis, SARS-COV-2 co-infection, causing double burden to the lung is an emerging syndemic. 1 National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases-Welisara, Sri Lanka B Background and Aims b : Tuberculosis, the ancient infection of the lung should not be overlooked while the global health care systems struggle to control the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-COV-2) infection i.e., COVID-19. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Respirology is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)