WELLCOME TRUST | One of the most worrying wider health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could be the rise of drug-resistant infections – which public health experts have been warning for decades. Gemma Buckland Merrett, Science Lead, Drug-Resistant Infections, at Wellcome, examines questions around the impact of COVID-19 on wider health issues such as antibiotic-resistant bacteria to shape better public health responses and limit long-term consequences