Hold patients in special isolation units not jails as TB is not a crime, judge orders

Justice Mumbi Ngugi, in her ruling, said prisons are not the right isolation centres to confine TB patients, given their overcrowded state. (Photo:File/Standard)

Do you have a persistent cough that just won’t go away? Has it been more than two weeks since you started coughing?

You are advised to see a doctor immediately lest you have tuberculosis (TB), an expensive-to-treat disease. If left untreated, each person with active TB will infect, on average, 15 people annually.