City bar staff diagnosed with TB

Health chiefs say both cases are not thought to be linked

Health officials are investigating two cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Glasgow.

Both women who contracted the infection work at bars in the city, but it is not believed that their cases are linked.

One woman works in the Society Room bar in West George Street, the other in the Windsor Tavern in Dumbarton Road.

Family members, colleagues and regular customers at the bars are being offered screening. Anyone who may have had contact with the women and feels unwell has been asked to contact their GP.

TB is an infection caused by a germ, which usually affects the lungs but can also develop in other parts of the body, such as the kidney or glands.

It is not a common disease but if it is not discovered and treated, then it can be serious.

There are about 200 cases of TB in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health area every year and some 400 cases nationally across Scotland.