Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine and the COVID-19 pandemic: responsible stewardship is needed

Affiliations

• ¹ Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ² Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ³ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ⁴ Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, UK.
• ⁵ Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia, Department of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK, <email></email>, Email: hss@sun.ac.za.
• ⁶ Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.