The Extremadura Health Service (SES) has detected three positives in the study of 24 contacts of a case of tuberculosis registered in the CEIP La Juventud de Badajoz, waiting for the results of complementary tests to confirm if they have the disease.
“So far, the results indicate that three of them have obtained a first positive result,” sources from the Ministry of Health and Social Services have indicated to Europa Press, along with that “currently, they are “waiting for the results of complementary tests to confirm if they have the disease.”
On November 5, the Health Directorate of the Badajoz Area received notification of the case by a private clinic in the city.
Since that moment, according to sources from the Ministry of Health, All epidemiological surveillance mechanisms were activated established in the protocols of the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (Renave) and the Epidemiological Surveillance Network of Extremadura.
From the counseling there is a communication with parents of students and teachers of the center to inform them about the evolution of the case.
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