Tuberculosis cases at two San Diego County schools prompt public warning
Tuberculosis cases at two local schools prompted a public warning of possible exposure Tuesday.
According to the county Health and Human Services Agency, the unrelated cases occurred at Innovation High School San Diego’s Chula Vista Resource Center and the Urban Corps of San Diego.
Anyone who visited the resource center at 310 Broadway Ave. in Chula Vista from March 16 through June 6 could have been exposed. Possible exposure dates for the Urban Corps campus at 3127 Jefferson St. in San Diego’s Midway district are May 11 through Aug. 11.
Innovation High is offering free testing at the center on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Testing at the Urban Corps campus is scheduled for Sept. 4 and Sept. 5 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuberculosis is airborne requires hours of close contact in confined spaces for transmission from person to person. The bacterial infection can be treated with antibiotics.
For more information, call:
- Innovation High School (619) 677-1903;
- Urban Corps of San Diego (619) 235-6884 ext. 3117;
- County TB Control Program (619) 692-8621
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