New York City's health department said Friday it had confirmed that at least one Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker had tuberculosis and that it was investigating the possibility that there might be more cases.
In a statement, the health department said it "is continuing to investigate the case" and that it was "also aware of one suspected case" from the same site. The department will visit the site, which it didn't name, on Monday to educate workers about the bacterial infection, which spreads through the air.
New York City Transit declined to comment, and referred questions to the health department. Messages left for the Transport Workers Union, which represents the transit employees, weren't returned late Friday.
The New York Post first reported the confirmed tuberculosis case, saying the testing was taking place at an MTA facility in Brooklyn. A health department spokeswoman declined to provide more details beyond the statement.
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