TB case reported at San Diego County women's jail

SANTEE (CNS) - A person tested positive for tuberculosis and may have exposed other people at the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility to the infectious bacterial disease, the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reported Monday.

HHSA is working with the Sheriff's Department to notify people who were potentially exposed at the women's jail at 451 Riverview Parkway. The period of potential exposure occurred from Aug. 5 to Dec. 6.

The Sheriff's Department is offering free testing for its staff and all identified people in custody. HHSA's TB Control Program is testing, at no co...