BISHKEK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Kyrgyz Health Ministry said Friday five people had tested positive for anthrax.
The five were among nine people who had been hospitalized in the central Asian country for anthrax-like symptoms in the past month, a health ministry spokesman was quoted by Interfax as saying.
Quarantine authorities had adopted counter-epidemic measures in the infectious disease-hit areas, where people as well as livestock had been given a vaccination against the bacteria, the spokesman said.
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