{"id":172786,"date":"2025-08-21T14:13:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172786&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T05:13:26","slug":"17-contract-tuberculosis-in-koga-cluster","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/17-contract-tuberculosis-in-koga-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Contract Tuberculosis in Koga Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture has confirmed a cluster of 17 tuberculosis cases, including three individuals who developed symptoms. The outbreak began with a man in his 20s at a Japanese language school in Koga City. Health checks of close contacts revealed further infections. All symptomatic individuals are in stable condition. The prefecture urges those with prolonged coughs or fevers to seek medical care, as TB spreads through airborne droplets and can resemble a common cold in its early stages. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250818\/5010029511.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172794\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_hakata-night-aug_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1255%2C1028&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"17 Contract Tuberculosis in Koga Cluster\" width=\"1255\" height=\"1028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_hakata-night-aug_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1255&amp;ssl=1 1255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_hakata-night-aug_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_hakata-night-aug_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C839&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_hakata-night-aug_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C629&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefecture has confirmed a cluster of 17 tuberculosis cases, including three individuals who developed symptoms&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172786","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}