SINGAPORE: One person has so far been diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) as the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) concluded its screening exercise at Bedok.
In a press release on Tuesday (May 19), CDA said the patient has started treatment and “is doing well”, adding that he will be non-infectious upon completion of two weeks of treatment.
It added that contact tracing is underway to identify and evaluate the close contacts of the patient.
He was part of the 14.4 per cent of those screened – or 509 people – who tested positive on their blood test and were required to do a follow-up chest X-ray to determine if they have active TB or latent TB infection.
To date, 447 people have completed the X-ray, and among this group, the man was diagnosed with active TB.
