Families of scholars requiring testing will obtain a separate notification with particular directions and extra particulars.
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — South Gwinnett High School officers stated on Friday {that a} case of tuberculosis (TB) has been identified in a person related to the varsity.
According to a letter despatched to oldsters and college students, the varsity stated the Gwinnett County Health Department is actively working to determine and take a look at people who have been in shut and steady contact with the affected individual.
Testing will probably be supplied freed from cost by the well being division for these recognized as needing analysis. Families of scholars requiring testing will obtain a separate notification with particular directions and extra particulars.
“The well being and welfare of our college students and workers is essential to our group. The Health Department has supplied details about TB that ought to reply many questions you may need. South Gwinnett High School will work with the Health Department, monitoring this case intently and offering extra info to you as it’s out there,” the varsity’s principal, Rodney Jordan, wrote within the letter.
South Gwinnett High School stated the well being division has supplied key information about TB for the varsity’s group:
- Low transmission threat: TB is tough to unfold and requires extended, shut contact to transmit.
- Infection vs. sickness: Even if somebody is contaminated with the TB germ, they can not unfold the illness except they develop into ailing, which might take years and solely happens in a small share of instances.
- Mandatory reporting and therapy: All TB instances are required by legislation to be reported, and people identified with TB should endure therapy to restrict potential unfold.
For extra details about TB, go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website here.
