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TB Concerns at Hazleton Area

TB Concerns at Hazleton Area - Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 10:57PM EST

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY- Students and parents have some serious health concerns in the Hazleton Area School District. It comes after the health department confirms a high school student has tuberculosis. Now parents accuse the school district of keeping quiet about it and putting their kids at risk.
Hazleton school leaders confirmed late Tuesday a 9th grader has pulmonary tuberculosis. The district said the state health department informed them Monday that test results came back positive.

The student is apparently part of the district's newcomer's program and has been attending school since October. There's no word when the student was last here at the 9th grade building.

Parents told us they didn't want to go on camera, but they're worried about their children. A lot of those students were at cheerleading practice in this building.

Eyewitness News was unable to determine if special measures or precautions were taken to sanitize the school building - a concern parents had.

Three teachers, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Eyewitness News the tuberculosis report was news to them.

Pulmonary TB is generally transmitted by close contact, through coughing and sneezing. Acting Superintendent Sam Marolo released a statement saying testing would be conducted on people who may have come into contact with the ill student.

He referred all other inquiries to the state's Department of Health, which is prohibited from commenting by law on case specifics, according to a spokeswoman.

Medical tests on other students at the Hazleton Area Newcomer Center were scheduled for Wednesday morning.
 


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