Health‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency
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‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

By Lee Dixon
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Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially increasing the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance from “superbugs”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

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