The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently warned against a potential threat that has crept amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO has also urged the research stations worldwide to take charge of finding solutions to this new threat that the world is facing in these testing times. We are in the midst of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the most significant global health event after Spanish influenza in the early 20th century.
With stringent measures being implemented worldwide to impede the spread of the virus, another threat that is lurking behind COVID-19 is increased incidences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Recently, the WHO released a statement claiming that the world is "losing its ability" to use important antimicrobial drugs in dire and critical need. The WHO Chief addressed to the world, mentioning that increased use of antibiotics in…
