Viewed from the perspective of tuberculosis (TB) programs and underserved communities across Canada, the response to COVID-19 has been both instructive and frustrating. Instructive, because without effective treatments or vaccines, the most successful COVID-19 containment responses have demanded the early and rigorous application of basic public health principles. These include timely surveillance, widespread testing, contact tracing and population-based infection control measures such as promoting physical distancing, working or studying remotely using on-line technologies, limiting social gathering outside of immediate households, emphasizing respiratory and hand hygiene and recommending or mandating wearing masks by members of the public.
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