‘Deadly’ TB poses European threat

TUBERCULOSIS in a new, more deadly form poses the disease’s greatest threat to Europe since World War II, world health officials said yesterday.

Drug-resistant strains of the disease are lurking just beyond the European Union’s borders, according to the UN and Red Cross.

The high levels of multi-drug resistant TB in Baltic countries, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the emergence of a new extremely drug-resistant strain of TB, have led international health officials to create the “Stop TB Partnership in Europe” initiative.