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Rocky teen diagnosed with tuberculosis had travelled – Morning Bulletin
UPDATE, 2.20pm:A Rockhampton student diagnosed with tuberculosis had travelled overseas recently
UPDATE, 2.20pm: A North Rockhampton State High School student diagnosed with tuberculosis had travelled overseas recently.
CQ Health Public Health director Dr Gulam Khandaker this afternoon confirmed the student had spent time overseas some months ago.
It was this, Dr Khandaker said, which health authorities believed to be the source of the illness – after only just becoming infectious around four weeks ago.
“One thing about TB is that it can remain dormant in your body for quite a long time,…
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