Anthrax -- Russia
The authorities responded with resolve when a serious outbreak of anthrax shook the far northern Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug [province] in summer 2016. A mass evacuation of reindeer herders, including children, quickly started from the exposed areas and the country's Ministry of Defence launched a special emergency task force equipped with 30 tons of biologically active agents aimed at decontamination of infected areas.
At the same time, a mass vaccination program was launched. That
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