2 New Anthrax Cases Reported in Northern Bulgaria

Skin anthrax is transmitted from animals to people, but not from one person to another. File photo

The two men listed at the isolation ward of the hospital in the Danube city of Ruse have been infected with anthrax, the Regional Health Inspectorate reports.

The Head of the Inspectorate further said that this is the first anthrax case in the Ruse Region in the last thirty years.

The men, 70 and 32, were admitted in the beginning of the week with symptoms of anthrax. They became ill after butchering a goat in the village of Chilnovo.

Skin anthrax is transmitted from animals to people, but not from one person to another. The bacillus stays in the soil for 100 years.

The Health Ministry has been notified and the men have begun penicillin treatment. Samples have tested positive for anthrax.

However, the lab results from the samples from Chilnovo are still expected in order to confirm there is anthrax in the area. It the tests results come out positive, the regional vet services will begin vaccinations of all animals in the village to stop the spreading of the infection.

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