Wednesday, 6 September 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax - Zimbabwe (07): (MN) human, wildlife, contained

Anthrax -- Zimbabwe
The country has contained an anthrax outbreak that killed one person and infected 56 in April this year [2017], when villagers in Binga [Matabeleland North] ate meat from infected dead hippos. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care, no new cases of anthrax have been reported since June [2017]. "The Ministry of Health and Child Care weekly disease surveillance report revealed that no new suspected cases of anthrax were reported during the week ending 20 Aug 2017," reads the

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