Uzbekistan takes measures to prevent the penetration of anthrax — SES
Amid reports of anthrax cases in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan is conducting "thorough monitoring of all persons affected by anthrax...
Amid reports of anthrax cases in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan is conducting "thorough monitoring of all persons crossing 55 border crossings," the SES said. In possible foci of the disease, soil samples are taken for laboratory control.
Cases of anthrax in animals have become more frequent in the neighboring countries of Uzbekistan. Asia Plus previously reported on the hospitalization of four people with suspected anthrax in the Khuroson district of Tajikistan. In the Akmola region of Kazakhstan, two villages were quarantined due to the transmission of the disease from animals to humans, Tengrinews reports.
Farkhod Kurbanbekov, head of the Department of the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health, commented on the situation with this disease in Uzbekistan.
In possible foci of the disease, soil samples are taken, which are constantly monitored in the laboratory, said Farkhod Kurbanbekov. According to him, all necessary preventive measures are being taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
"All conditions have been created in Uzbekistan for timely diagnosis and treatment at the slightest suspicion of the disease," the specialist emphasized.
Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It is characterized by general intoxication of the body, fever, lesions of the skin, lungs and intestines. Anthrax infects all types of agricultural, wild and domestic animals. The disease is also transmitted to humans. At the same time, anthrax is not transmitted from person to person, only from animal to human.
Farkhod Kurbanbekov said that human infection can occur mainly when caring for animals with anthrax, when slaughtering animals that have not passed a veterinary examination, skinning them, and eating meat without proper heat treatment. Even meat cooked to 100 degrees can be dangerous; only fully fried meat, without pink areas, is considered safe.
If a person who took part in the slaughter has an ulcer on his arm or other part of his body within a week, it is necessary to urgently go to the hospital. Self-medication can lead to serious consequences, the specialist emphasized.