The Nunavut Department of Health announced on Monday that a total of 206 cases have been identified in the community since January, 2021, an increase of 22 since the last public update
Tuberculosis continues to spread in the Baffin Island hamlet of Pangnirtung, although at a slower rate than earlier in the outbreak, according to the Government of Nunavut.
The TB outbreak in Pangnirtung, a community of about 1,500 people, is the largest to be publicly reported in Nunavut since the federal government vowed in 2018 to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities, where TB rates are significantly higher than in non-Indigenous communities in Canada. Tuberculosis is caused by airborne bacteria that most often lodge in the lungs, causing fever, night sweats, exhaustion, muscle aches and a relentless, sometimes bloody cough. TB can be fatal if left untreated.
Mr. Wilcke said the health leaders made a commitment to work closely with the hamlet in planning a communitywide tuberculosis screening event tentatively slated for next fall.
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