WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct 2, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Canadian health officials in
Ontario issued a call Thursday for 27 Greyhound bus passengers who rode with a
tuberculosis-infected passenger to come forward.
The bus was bound for Detroit from Toronto on Aug. 31, and one unidentified
passenger was detained by U.S. Customs officials who learned of the infection,
CTV News reported.
There was no indication why it took more than a month for officials to make the
call for other passengers to come forward.
Greyhound bus 0367 had at least 42 passengers when it arrived in Windsor,
Ontario, and 27 disembarked, Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David
Williams said in a statement.
"If you were one of the 27 people ... we ask that you contact your local public
health unit who will give you direction on what to do," Williams' statement
published in the Windsor Star said.
Williams said there is a low risk of the lung infection that can be spread by
coughing or sneezing but officials want to clear anyone who could have been
infected by the tubercular passenger.
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