Anthrax alarm in Rome, two infected ones

Anthrax alarm in a farm in the Castelli Romani, near Rome. After the death of twelve cattle for contracting the bacterium 'bacillus anthracis' - according to what reported by 'Il Messaggero' in a front page article entitled 'Anthrax, two hospitalized in Rome' - two people were reported to have been infected. It is a veterinarian, already discharged, and a farmer, hospitalized at the Spallanzani Institute in Rome and on which tests are still underway. "The man works in the Tuscolo fields in Molara, an area declared" infected "by an order from the mayor of Grottaferrata, Luciano Andreotti - reads the Roman newspaper - and on which grazing has been prohibited". "We have no certain diagnosis confirmed by the laboratories or by the Frascati hospital - says the director of Prevention Asl Roma 6, Mariano Sigismondi - At this stage we treat everyone as 'suspicious cases' and therefore we have suggested to anyone who has encountered particular symptoms to undergo to health checks ".

Anthrax alarm in Rome, two infected ones

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