Anthrax — Russia
Kazahkstan has suspended livestock and animal origin product imports from Russia amid an outbreak of anthrax and nodular dermatitis in the country, the republic’s Agriculture Ministry said in a statement Thu 4 Aug [2016].
An anthrax outbreak hit the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district in northern Russia last week for the 1st in 75 years. The outbreak was reportedly caused by the thawing of an infected frozen reindeer corpse due to unusually high temperatures.
The first [human] fatality was
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