Anthrax -- Malawi
The government has banned consumption of bush meat in the southern region after a bacterial disease killed 28 hippos in Liwonde, raising fears more water animals might be affected.
The director of Parks and Wildlife Brighton Kunchedwa said the number of hippos killed due to the bacterial disease, anthrax, has risen from 22 to 28 this week [week of 26 Nov 2018].
"Preliminary laboratory tests show that the hippos were affected by anthrax, [and] this is why we are suspending the sale of
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6175742&promed&0
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