Asturias seeks response to tuberculosis outbreak

Officials from the Ministry of Health of the Principality of Asturias will meet today with representatives of the city council and school community to update information and coordinate actions in response to cases of infection. tuberculosis discovered in the council of Llanes.

Health confirmed four cases tuberculosis patients, three of them pediatric children and one adult, who are being monitored and treated to prevent the spread of the bacteria that causes the infection (Koch’s bacillus). In addition, nine more infected people were identified, but they did not develop the disease and are not infectious (with tuberculosis, as with other infectious diseases, infection does not mean the development of the disease).

Since the first case was identified, the Surveillance Service has worked in coordination with health authorities in both primary and hospital care to develop guidelines to follow.

The meeting will take place in the health department of the VI direction, which includes Llanes council. In addition to the municipal representative office, the management of the school of the affected minors and the president of the Association of Mothers and Fathers (AMPA) were summoned.

Since the first case was identified, the Surveillance Service has worked in coordination with health authorities in both primary and hospital care to develop guidelines to follow. according to protocol approved by the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (ICNS). Since then, constant monitoring of the sick and their family environment has been carried out.