The original article can be found in: Bermuda Sun By Mikaela Ian Pearman
The Department of Health reports there is no tuberculosis in Heron Bay Primary School after conducting screenings.
The department conducted the TB screenings in the P3 class on Monday, with 54 people going through the process.
A press statement said: “School officials and families were notified of this reassuring news on Tuesday, October 23rd and advised that follow up written communication from the Department of Health would be sent to all families in the coming week.
“According to the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a second screening in eight to ten weeks will be conducted on all P3 children and staff with negative initial screenings.“If other members of the public wish to be screened for TB, this free service is available at the Hamilton Health Center, 67 Victoria Street, in the Child Health Clinic on Mondays through Wednesday from 8:30am to 11:30am.
“A return visit for the reading of the TB screening test is required two to three days following administration.”
TB is uncommon in Bermuda with only a few infections reported each year to the Epidemiology & Surveillance Unit.
However, it is a very common infection in the developing world, and travel to these areas of the world can expose individuals.
