one teachers and pupils have been given medical tests after a high school student was discovered to have contracted tuberculosis. A spokesman for Al-Qunfuda Health Affairs said the student was receiving treatment at hospital. “The tests were just a precautionary measure and part of a Health Ministry to combat tuberculosis. We will have the results soon,” the spokesman said. A Health Affairs official asked for everyone being tested to give their full cooperation and assured parents that the test did not mean that the subject had tuberculosis.
