Thursday, 6 October 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax - Zambia (03): (MU) hippopotamus, human

Anthrax -- Zambia
[The] Government has assured the nation that there is no need to panic over the anthrax disease that has broken out in Chama district in Muchinga Province. Anthrax broke out last month on 22 Sep [2016] in Chama with 44 cases [presumably human cases. - Mod.MHJ] having been reported.
In a ministerial statement issued in parliament today [5 Oct 2016], Health Minister Chilufya Chitalu said no deaths have been recorded and assured that the disease would be contained. "People should not panic

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2dvUvtI

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