August 23 2010
Health chiefs will begin screening more than 200 children for tuberculosis today after an outbreak in a primary school.
Three youngsters in the Cork city area who already tested positive for the infection have started treatment.
The HSE South said an investigation in to the cluster of cases was progressing in line with national TB contact tracing guidelines.
Some 220 pupils and staff from Ballintemple National School and the families of the three children will be offered screening in the chest clinic of St Finbarr's Hospital, Cork.
http://www.herald.ie/world-news/three-treated-for-tuberculosis-2308273.html
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