Foreigners responsible for more than 20 percent of TB cases

Foreigners were responsible for more than 20 percent of TB cases detected in the Czech Republic in 2008, the Czech News Agency reported on Monday. Last year, 835 cases of tuberculosis were discovered in the country, with 56 people dying of the disease. Experts say the situation could get worse as the state stopped paying for the revaccination of 11-year-olds; they also complain about poor health checks of migrant workers.