WHO urges South Africa to curb TB killer super-bug

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WHO urges South Africa to curb TB killer super-bug

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The World Health Organization urged South

Africa on Thursday to act quickly to stamp out a highly-resistant (WHO)

form of tuberculosis that has killed at least 52 people and could

spread fast.

The United Nations body said a response akin to recent global efforts

to control SARS and bird flu was needed to curb the strain of the

disease which is highly drug resistant and has been reported in 28

South African hospitals.

" This must be taken with the same degree of seriousness. There is no

time to wait, " said Ernesto Jaramillo, a medical officer with the Stop

TB Department of the WHO, at a news conference in Johannesburg...

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