[ad_1] <br><div id="body-text"> <p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Singapore imposed mandatory screening for tuberculosis in an apartment block after about 170 people tested positive for the infectious disease.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Stallholders, shop owners and their employees who are located in the complex will also be tested, the Ministry of Health said in a statement Friday.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><a href="https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMOnQlwswi_quAw?oc=3&ceid=US:en&hl=en-US&gl=US"><strong>For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.</strong></a></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">An earlier voluntary round of screening found about 30 percent of 574 residents and workers testing positive, and those who have not participated must now do so.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">The health ministry said tuberculosis is endemic in Singapore, and is not uncommon in Singaporeans.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">The prevalence of tuberculosis infection as high as 29 percent among those aged 70 to 79 years, and is curable.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode="">Its spread is also preventable, the government said.</p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong>Read more:</strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/06/24/Monkeypox-virus-feared-to-have-more-mutations-than-expected-Scientists">Monkeypox virus feared to have more mutations than expected: Scientists</a></strong></p><p class="body-1 paragraph" data-aa-component="paragraph" data-allow-readmode=""><strong><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/06/21/Monkey-confirmed-in-Singapore-first-in-Southeast-Asia">Monkeypox confirmed in Singapore, first in southeast Asia</a></strong></p> </div> <br>[ad_2] <br><a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/06/25/Singapore-imposes-mandatory-screening-for-tuberculosis-after-disease-spreads">Source link </a>