Officials will now forcibly quarantine people TB patients who have failed to follow prevention guidelines. Parliament has allowed officials to do this in Marshall Islands.

The country's TB-Leprosy Director, Dr Kennar Briand said, "Three patients have died from the disease, three are still receiving treatment, there is one suspected case, and two unconfirmed historical cases."

There are attempts being made to interview people who might have been in any kind of contact with people having TB.

Dr Briand said that people with drug resistant TB have denied taking any medication. He added, "They believe its magic, they believe they can use local medicines, same reasons, some people don't want to bother taking it."

He however added that there were resources available to handle the situation if needed.

TB rate in the Marshall Islands is the highest at 190 per 100,000 population.