Ms O’CONNOR – Got an answer back on TB.
Mr WEBSTER – Tuberculosis. Year to date, through you, minister. In 2024, we’ve had seven cases. So that’s from 1 January to now.
Ms O’CONNOR – Seven cases. Were they all Tasmania based or a number of them visitors?
Mr WEBSTER – We do need a split with apologies. But they were treated here in Tasmania?
Ms O’CONNOR – Do you have an age breakdown?
Mr WEBSTER – No, just got a raw number because that’s what we asked for.
Ms O’CONNOR – Tuberculosis is a very serious infection disease.
Mr WEBSTER – Yes.
Ms O’CONNOR – So there’s no health warning given out about that to people or nothing said. We just have to find out across the estimates table? There’s been seven TB cases this year so far.
Mr WEBSTER – Through you, minister. Through a communicable disease bulletin, we communicate that to primary care so that the whole network knows about it. Seven this calendar year – Michelle has just flicked off it, but it compares –
Ms O’CONNOR – How does it compare with previous years?
Mr WEBSTER – It’s down on other years. So last year was 14.
Ms O’CONNOR – That’s this year to date, though. So last year was 14 TB cases.
CHAIR – Fair to say your computer is as tired as the rest of us. Sorry, I zoomed in and then it’s –
Mr WEBSTER – Yes. In the last three years, we had 14, 19, 15 for the whole year.
Ms O’CONNOR – Fourteen, 19, 15. So that’s – sorry, Chair, I’ve sort of jumped in here and I’m aware of that.
Mr WEBSTER – And seven to September.
Ms O’CONNOR – Sorry, so what was 14? What year was that?
Mr WEBSTER – So 15 was 2023, 2019 was 22, 2014 was 21.
Ms O’CONNOR – Sorry, lastly, do you have the date there for 2020?
Mr WEBSTER – No.
Ms O’CONNOR – Because there weren’t any?
Mr WEBSTER – Well, we probably do but that wasn’t typed in to the answer to you.
Ms O’CONNOR – Okay. Thanks, Mr Webster. I’ll follow up on that.
Mr WEBSTER – Apologies.
