Group of children will receive preventive treatment against tuberculosis

A group of children will receive preventive treatment against tuberculosis after detecting two teachers with this disease in a California urbanization garden in Víctor Larco

This was confirmed by Gabriel Pérez Ballena, deputy regional director of La Libertad Health, one who pointed out that after the examinations carried out on minors, so far, no one has been infected with this disease.

He indicated that the therapy involves the administration of a drug to prevent the development of this disease. . The treatment will be six months with a check every 30 days

Similarly, it has excluded that other kindergarten teachers are infected after the medical assessments made. Finally, he stressed that not only the educational institution could have been the center of the contagion, but also the means of transport or another place