2. METHODS
This recent study was conducted to investigate COVID-19 among 96 tuberculosis patients from February to September 2020. 27 of these patients were suffering from extrapulmonary tuberculosis and 69 patients had pulmonary tuberculosis. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from patients and sent to the microbiology laboratory to test for SARS-CoV-2. Molecular detection and identification of SARS-CoV-2 were carried out using kit (DAAN GENE Ltd, http://www.daangene.com) through Real-Time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay 11-13.