The Regional Health Agency announced this Wednesday, November 20, the discovery of two cases of tuberculosis in a nursery school in Libourne.
Two cases of tuberculosis detected in the Jean Jaurès nursery school in Libourne a few days ago, announced the Nouvelle Aquitaine Regional Health Agency this Wednesday, November 20. The two children from the same siblings were isolated and taken care of and no longer present a risk to the establishment, indicates France Bleu Gironde.
The ARS announces other screenings
The ARS declared that a screening was carried out. It concerned other students, teachers and all professionals identified as contacts. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infectious disease, very often pulmonary and contagious. The people most at risk are very young children.
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