Screening continues when 31 people were diagnosed with active tuberculosis in Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Six months after an outbreak was reported in the Baffin Island community, 31 people have been identified with active tuberculosis and 108 have been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis. Announcing the Pangnirtung outbreak in November, public health director Dr. Michael Patterson said the statement was caused by a growing number of TB patients in the community …