ANDILE TSHUMA THE battle against Tuberculosis has received a major boost after three provinces in the country received Gene Xpert machines and 3 000 cartridges. A Gene Xpert machine works to detect TB virus in a sample from sputum. The machine can also detect different strains of TB in the sputum. The Gene Xpert machines…

TB is a particularly vicious illness. Left untreated, the mortality rate is about 50 percent. It spreads easily, when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or even sings or speaks.
