S An outbreak of an anthrax-infected person has been found in the Dobrich region, reports BNR. A committee of representatives of the Regional Health Inspection and the Regional Directorate of Food Safety was formed to take the relevant actions.
An anthrax outbreak was discovered in the village of Balchishko
The infected person was admitted for further tests in a hospital in Varna and has already been discharged. Vaccination of the animals in the settlement where the infection came from is pending. The man suffering from the cutaneous form of anthrax is a resident of the village of Vladimirovo. The infection came from one of his goats, whose meat he and his wife consumed.
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An on-site inspection was carried out by the Regional Directorate for Food Safety in Dobrich, informed its director Dr. Steliana Gencheva. Other people have not eaten the infected meat, which will be destroyed in an euthanasia, the animal’s owners say.
The wife of the infected person has no complaints.
