Anthrax outbreak reported in Shymkent

AKIPRESS.COM - Anthrax outbreak is reported in Shymkent. Two brothers were taken to the hospital in a serious condition. Both have cutaneous form of anthrax, Astana TV channel reported.
The men were taking care of cattle at their farm.
Epidemiologists tested the cattle, the test results for anthrax were negative.
More than 20 people contacted the men. They all remain under medical observation.
"We assume some of kind of slaughter is source of infection. Since anthrax is transmitted from animals, especially cutaneous form of anthrax. Shymkent and nearby districts of Turkestan region are anthrax unfavorable areas," Shymkent's chief epidemiologist Balkumys Musaeva said.