Anthrax — Russia
A village in the Russian region of Tuva has gone into lockdown after a local was found to have contracted anthrax, according to the district’s acting head. Anthrax is a serious bacterial infection that is often deadly to humans. The Tuva Republic is almost 4000 kilometers [2485 miles] east of Moscow, and is located in southern Siberia.
Writing on Russian social network VKontakte, Vladislav Khovalyg announced a single positive case of infection in Bizhiktig-Khaya, a settlement near the
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