EUROPE has been rocked by fresh tuberculosis (TB) fears after child cases jump by 10 per cent within a year.

Global health chiefs warn that TB , dubbed the ' world’s deadliest infection' , is surging due to treatment failures, calling it a "disturbing wake-up call".

Over 7,500 TB cases were recorded in children under 15 in the WHO European Region in 2023, the latest European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report revealed.

This marks an increase of more than 650 cases from the previous year.

Kids under five now make up 4.3 per cent of new and relapsed cases, "signifying an increase for the third year in a row," the health bodies said in a statement.

Relapsed TB is when the infection comes back after treatment, usually because the medicine wasn’t fini

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