Three Hungarians quarantined with tuberculosis
Three Hungarians have been quarantined after becoming infected with an untreatable strain of tuberculosis, index.hu reports. However, the situation is yet to develop into an epidemic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Red Cross say a serious epidemic is threatening Europe as a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis is spreading on the continent. According to the organizations, there have not been this many untreatable cases of the illness since the Second World War.
In related news, Hungary will not be able to buy new machines for its lung screening stations, because it has not been successful in winning a Norwegian tender for development of this area.
If the tender had been won, the country would have been given modern, digital equipment worth a total of €9 million. The average age of equipment used at Hungary's 160 lung screening stations is 15 to 20 years.
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