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TB outbreak declared at HMP Parc
Friday, 10 January 2020 - Health
by Sam Hall - Reporter
TWO more cases of tuberculosis - or TB - have been confirmed at HMP Parc in Bridgend, health chiefs have revealed.
Investigations were launched just before Christmas after four cases of the disease were reported in the jail.
The infected inmates have responded well to treatment and pose no ongoing public health risk. Three of them are no longer at the prison.
Public Health Wales - which has declared an outbreak of the disease - is working with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, HMP Parc and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to undertake a screening at the jail.
Dr Gwen Lowe, consultant in communicable disease control for Public Health Wales, said: “As part of our investigations, we have identified two additional TB cases linked with the cluster in HMP Parc. We have revised the response status accordingly, but we are reassuring staff and prisoners that this is a usual step in our response to incidents of this nature...
TB outbreak declared at HMP Parc
Friday, 10 January 2020 - Health
by Sam Hall - Reporter
TWO more cases of tuberculosis - or TB - have been confirmed at HMP Parc in Bridgend, health chiefs have revealed.
Investigations were launched just before Christmas after four cases of the disease were reported in the jail.
The infected inmates have responded well to treatment and pose no ongoing public health risk. Three of them are no longer at the prison.
Public Health Wales - which has declared an outbreak of the disease - is working with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, HMP Parc and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to undertake a screening at the jail.
Dr Gwen Lowe, consultant in communicable disease control for Public Health Wales, said: “As part of our investigations, we have identified two additional TB cases linked with the cluster in HMP Parc. We have revised the response status accordingly, but we are reassuring staff and prisoners that this is a usual step in our response to incidents of this nature...