Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic could herald a rise in superbugs
by The Canadian Press from on (#53GK1)
Copious use of hand sanitizer and disinfectant is crucial to fight COVID-19, but it could be setting Canada back in the battle against superbugs. Microbiologists say antimicrobial resistant organisms, or superbugs, are a pandemic on the same scale as COVID-19, though it will play out on a much longer timeline.