Children being ‘ostracised’ as TB source still not found

THE headmaster of a Cork primary school where 25 children have contracted tuberculosis said there is concern in the wider community that the source of infection has not yet been found.

Speaking yesterday at the re-opening of Scoil Iósaf Naofa, Crab Lane, a week behind schedule, principal Denis O’Sullivan said it appeared the source was not within the school environs.

This follows two weeks of screening involving more than 220 children and staff who attend the school in Ballintemple in the suburbs of Cork city. No adult case has been identified.