Over 200 pupils to be tested after TB outbreak

MORE than 200 primary school children are to be screened for TB at a Cork school just days before the start of a new term.

The Health Service Executive (HSE) yesterday confirmed that three children who attend Ballintemple National School at Crab Lane in the suburbs of Cork city have contracted the disease and are under specialist paediatric care. The children have started anti-tuberculous treatment and a full course of treatment takes six to nine months.

The source of the disease has not yet been identified.