Wednesday, 11 May 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax - Kenya (02): (MU) human, bovine

Anthrax -- Kenya
One person has been hospitalized while hundreds were treated and discharged in Murang'a county after eating meat infected with anthrax.
The department of Agriculture and Livestock on Wednesday issued a quarantine at Gikomora village to avoid the spread of the disease. The county government also dispatched veterinary officers to vaccinate all livestock in the village for free. This was after villagers consumed 5 cows suspected to have been infected with the deadly disease. By Tuesday [10 May

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1WqDYpF

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