Tops BC Cases of Contagion and Death from Tuberculosis in the Country

Tijuana, BC., Baja California occupies the first national place in tuberculosis contagion and death, said State Secretary of Health Adrián Medina Amarillas. In a study of 2024 that included 13 thousand people, 2 thousand 855 were positive (53 percent in this city), he explained, noting that in particular in Tijuana, this “medieval and poverty-related disease, is found even in the most fifist colonies,” and asked not to stigmatize those who suffe…

State health authorities were encouraged that the situation represents a serious public health problem, as, despite the efforts, the entity continues to head the national list.