Russian Defense Ministry deploys Orlan hazmat vehicle to Yamal to fight anthrax
Russia’s Defense Ministry has airlifted to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (YaNAO) the Orlan newest set for aerosol disinfection of buildings, facilities and individual protection means for dealing with the consequences of an anthrax outbreak in the region, Colonel Yaroslav Roshchupkin, an aide to the commander of the Central Military District, said today. “The newest aerosol disinfection system Orlan has been airlifted by a...
Russia anthrax outbreak infects 21
Russia on Tuesday confirmed 21 cases of anthrax, including one fatality, after an unusual heatwave melted permafrost in its remote far north, releasing potentially lethal spores from the soil. In addition, a 12-year-old boy died in hospital on Monday. “Unfortunately 20 people had their (anthrax) diagnosis confirmed,” a spokeswoman for the Yamalo-Nenetsky regional authorities told RIA Novosti news agency. The number of...
40 now hospitalised after anthrax outbreak in Yamal, more than half are children
Russian army biological protection troops called in amid warnings ‘utmost care’ needed to stop deadly infection spreading. The concern among experts is that global warming thawed a diseased animal carcass at least 75 years old, buried in the melting permafrost, so unleashing the disease. A total of 40 people, the majority of them children, from nomadic herder families in northern Siberia are under observation in hospital...
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