ANTHRAX has been detected in Gaibandha after Rangpur, which has rung an alarm among public health and livestock officials. What began as an isolated infection at Pirgachha in Rangpur has spread to neighbouring districts, showing systemic gaps in rural health care and a persistent neglect of zoonotic disease surveillance in Bangladesh鈥檚 north...
As anthrax disease has been reported in various districts in the country, the Department of Livestock Services under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has taken urgent and coordinated activities to prevent and control the spread of the disease.
Panic has gripped residents of Amaipur Sonarpara village in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur district after several people showed symptoms of anthrax.
The number of confirmed anthrax infections climbed to 17, with four new individuals diagnosed with the disease in three upazilas of Rangpur.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Sunday collected samples from people showing anthrax-like symptoms at Pirgachha upazila in Rangpur and began contact tracing...
Two people died with symptoms similar to those of anthrax and over 200 other patients were showing similar symptoms in at least two unions of Pirgacha upazila in Rangpur in the past one month, triggering panic among local residents.
