33 at Carmen’s school suspected of having latent TB

GEORGE TOWN: Thirty-three students and teachers who were known to have had contact with Carmen Yee before she died from tuberculosis (TB) are now found to be hosts of the TB bacteria.

Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said his ministry screened 373 students and teachers of SMJ(K) Heng Ee and discovered that 33 of them are suspected of having latent TB.