Saturday, 24 March 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax - Russia: (YN) reindeer vaccination

Anthrax -- Russia
Regional authorities on [12 Mar 2018] kickstarted this year's major immunization effort as the 1st teams of veterinaries moved out the remote tundra area with vaccine doses against anthrax. In the course of the year [2018], at least 658 000 reindeer are to be vaccinated, the 1st 50 000 already in the course of March [2018], regional authorities say.
It is all part of an effort to prevent an outbreak of the deadly infection, similar to the one in 2016 when a young boy died and at least 115

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5706624&promed&0

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