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Author: Alanna Smith
Publication Date: July 3, 2025 - 16:34
Nunavut declares years-long tuberculosis outbreaks over
July 3, 2025
Nunavut’s health department declared an end to years-long tuberculosis outbreaks in two Baffin Island communities on Thursday.
Pangnirtung, a hamlet 45 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, had the largest outbreak of TB in the territory in at least seven years. The outbreak was declared in November, 2021, and resulted in 47 active TB cases and 225 latent or “sleeping” infections, which are asymptomatic and non-contagious.
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