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Benue State Government says 41,000 people in the state are at the risk of being infected by Tuberculosis, at the end of this year,
The State Program Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Igbabul Ishember who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen said, only 4,135 TB patients representing 28 percent, have been identified and placed on treatment.
Ishember estimated that 219 out of every 100,000 persons stand a risk of being infected with TB and that 1 untreated TB case is capable of infecting10 to 15 persons.
He also urged the publics to report cases or symptoms of TB to the nearest hospital to help fight the situation.
