Mass infection of tuberculosis Yokogawa, Kanagawa July 30, 19:09
It was found that 10 people who worked for the same company in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture were infected with tuberculosis, and 4 of them had the disease. Because the city is treating all of them, there is no possibility that the infection will spread further.
According to Yokosuka City, a male employee in his 20s who works for a factory in the city had symptoms of cough and fever since last December, so when he visited a medical institution in January and inspected it, I was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
A man went on an employee trip by bus after symptoms appeared, and the city examined 28 colleagues and others, and by the end of the month, the infection spread to 9 people in both 20s and 60s, of which 20 were in their 20s. It was said that 3 males had been affected.
The first symptomatic man was hospitalized for a while, but now he is discharged, and nine other people are getting better after treatment, and the city is more likely to spread the infection. I do not.
The city calls for an early consultation with a medical institution if the symptoms of cough or fever last for more than 2 weeks, or if there is any suspicion of tuberculosis such as weight loss.