ULAN BATOR, July 8 (Xinhua) — Mongolian authorities on Thursday confirmed that three herders have been infected with anthrax and that containment measures are already under way.
All three cases happened in the Selenge province in northern Mongolia, where authorities have taken measures to quarantine and disinfect areas surrounding the herders’ residences, the national emergency management authority said.
Seven other local residents were suspected of being infected with the usually fatal bacterial disease, which affects both animals and human beings, and have been sent to hospitals, the government said.
It added that so far six cattle, two horses, one sheep and one goat have died due to anthrax infection, and some 5,300 livestock in the region have been vaccinated.
