Anthrax -- Lesotho
Over 50 people were taken ill this week after they ate meat from cattle that died of anthrax in Qeme last Saturday [18 May 2019]. About 55 were rushed to nearby clinics while 18 of them were given prophylaxis and treated as outpatients. Most of the victims developed blisters and had swollen limbs while others suffered from severe stomach-aches and diarrhea. So far more than 20 cattle have died from anthrax.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security this week declared that there had been
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