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Singapore imposes mandatory screening for tuberculosis after spread in some areas

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Singapore imposed mandatory screening for tuberculosis in an apartment block after about 170 people tested positive for the infectious disease.

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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.

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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.

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The health ministry said tuberculosis is endemic in Singapore, and is not uncommon in Singaporeans.

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The prevalence of tuberculosis infection as high as 29 percent among those aged 70 to 79 years, and is curable.

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Its spread is also preventable, the government said.

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