336 screened to find who is behind TB outbreak

AS many as 336 people have been screened for Tuberculosis, half of them twice, in an effort to identify who is behind an outbreak of the disease in a Cork primary school where 48 people have been infected.

Parents of the 217 children attending Scoil Iósaf Naomha, Crab Lane, Ballintemple, outside Cork city, yesterday received a letter from the Health Service Executive (HSE) confirming that active TB has not been detected in any adult linked either directly or indirectly to the school.

“This, despite screening of current staff, past staff and other adults who spent periods either within the school premises or in relation to school activities outside,” the letter said.