Tuberculosis case confirmed at Toronto high school
Posted October 16, 2013 1:59 pm.
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TORONTO – An individual at Chaminade College School in North York has contracted tuberculosis — the second case in less than a month at a Toronto-area high school.
Toronto Public Health says an individual at the all-boys Catholic school in the Jane Street and Hwy. 400 area contracted the infection.
Toronto Catholic District School Board officials did not specify whether the infected individual is a student or staff member but says the individual is recovering at home.
Public health officials say the risk of exposure is very low and only those with prolonged contact with the individual would require a check-up.
Last month, an individual at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School in Scarborough contracted tuberculosis.
Corrado Maltese, safety manager for the Toronto Catholic District School Board, said the risk of exposure was “very low.”
