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Hospital in Coleraine on TB alert

A hospital in Northern Ireland is on tuberculosis alert today after a member of staff contracted a rare form of the disease.

The employee at Causeway Hospital in Coleraine is in a stable condition.

Colleagues and friends have been screened for the disease, while the hospital is drawing up a list of patients who may also require testing.

Health officials insist the chances of people catching this strain of TB are extremely low.