"SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A third confirmed active case of tuberculosis is forcing Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco to cancel classes on Friday and halt in-person classes next week. Many sporting events have also been canceled."
"In a letter to families at Riordan, the school president announced that next week, teachers will be posting student assignments online. From February 9-20, the school will move to a hybrid option where students who test negative will be allowed to attend classes on campus."
"The school's first case of TB was back in November, but then came the holiday break. "The problem with TB is it can take a long time to incubate in some people, anywhere from two to 10 weeks," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF. "What might have happened is they checked a lot of back in November, and some people were maybe falsely negative, but it hadn't incubated yet, and then they go""
Archbishop Riordan High School canceled in-person classes Friday and will halt on-campus instruction next week after a third confirmed active tuberculosis case. Teachers will post assignments online and the school will offer a hybrid option February 9–20 permitting only students who test negative to attend. School leadership is working with the city public health department on contact tracing and aims to test everyone by February 13. In addition to the three active cases, 50 latent infections have been identified. The first TB case was in November and many sporting events were canceled; several students report feeling reasonably safe.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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