A student at a Riverside County elementary school has been found to have leprosy, public health officials said Thursday, though they emphasize that the school and community remain safe. A doctor had initially diagnosed two children from Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley with the condition known medically as Hansen’s disease, Riverside County health officials said. Public health officials emphasized that leprosy is not easily transmitted and that there is no danger to the child's classmates. “It is incredibly difficult to contract leprosy,” said Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County's public health officer. Health and school officials will say nothing about how the child contracted the disease or the identities of either child tested.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 23, 2016 11:01 UTC