Indonesia: 20 people fell ill from eating anthrax meat
A village on the island of Flores, Indonesia, has been quarantined because about 20 people fell ill after eating charred meat buffalo, an official said.
Medical groups - doctors were sent to treat injured people and vaccinate local animals after 6 buffaloes died of this deadly disease."Twenty people were sick from eating an infected buffalo on Friday. Wolotou Village is now isolated and the meat of animals of all kinds here is prohibited from being transported outside," said Maria Geong, a beast official. y, said.
In April, 5 people died after eating infected beef on nearby Sumba Island. Authorities have also quarantined several villages there for weeks to control the disease.
Anthrax is a disease that spreads rapidly, usually only in pets, but it can also infect humans when they come in contact with or eat infected animals. Flores and Sumba are both located in East Nusa Tenggara province, 1,500km from Jakarta.
The cycle of anthrax (Photo: VNN)
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