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Anthrax kills four in Koraput

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KORAPUT: Anthrax has killed at least four persons in Koraput district during the last 10 days, S.K.Takri, CDVO, Koraput said on Saturday. While Dhana Pangi of Pangiguda in Sunabeda NAC area had died recently after consuming meat of a dead goat, Ratnei Khora, Jumi Khora and Rama Jani of Luhaba village in Subai panchayat of Semiliguda block died after consuming stale dried beef in their meal for a long time, he added.

However the situation was brought under control with teams of doctors visiting the villages and also treating the patients admitted in the hospitals, K.H. Reddy, the doctor in charge of Sunabeda PHC said. All the animals in these villages and the neighbouring villages were also immunised to prevent any break out of the disease, Dr.Takri added.

Blaming the food habits and the nature of the preparation of food, he said that while the villagers were used to consume stale meat, they suffered from the deadly disease as they did not boil the meat properly before consuming. Moreover vaccinating, treating and examining all the cattle could not be achieved in the district as people were not prepared to pay even Rs.1/- towards users’ fee per animal which was fixed by the government. There was a need to go for a vaccination drive in the district with the government bearing the entire cost of the treatment, he added.

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