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Two people died of anthrax in Burkina Faso. The government of the West African country announced that a third person, who is believed to have contracted the anthrax pathogen from an infected cattle, is being treated in a hospital.
Two people died of anthrax in Burkina Faso. The government of the West African country announced that a third person, who is believed to have contracted the anthrax pathogen from an infected cattle, is being treated in a hospital.
The infectious disease broke out in Guéguéré in the province of Bougouriba in southwest Burkina Faso, which had been under observation since January for cases of anthrax in cattle. According to the government, people fell ill because they had eaten dead cattle.
"Immediately afterwards we found two deaths," said Minister of Livestock, Modeste Yerbanga. “Investigations by the health authorities have shown that they died of anthrax.” In order to contain the spread of the disease,
