Anthrax -- Kenya
As many as 7 people were admitted to Samburu County Referral Hospital on Sun [4 Dec 2016] morning after slaughtering a sick sheep and eating its meat. The 3 men, 2 women and 2 children, from 3 different families, complained of severe stomach aches, headaches and diarrhoea.
Victim IL said: "We decided to slaughter the sheep since it was dying of an unknown disease. We have been eating dead sheep, goats and cows but have never fallen sick." IL was 1 of the 7 people who ate meat from a sheep's
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