Updates- Anthrax Discovered Near Ukraine
Channel: Up4Open
Date: 2023-08-21

Anthrax Cases in Voronezh:
August 21, 2023. 
Athrax was found in Paninsky Region [Панинском районе] of Voronezh Oblast Russia. The current effected zone is roughly 20 miles east-south-east from Voronezh city Russia. 
The disease was discovered in Beef, but multiple livestock animals have tested positive.
Voronezh borders Luhansk Oblast Ukraine, in the south; Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts Russia, in the west; Oryol, Lipetsk and Tambov Oblasts, in the north; and Saratov, Volgograd, and Rostov on the east.
News services of Russia suggest that 250 residents of at least 2 villages, Ivanovka and Katukhovskiye Vyselki are affected by quarantine and antibiotic regiment.

The US Center for Disease Control says, "Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis. It occurs naturally in soil and commonly affects domestic and wild animals around the world. People can get sick with anthrax if they come in contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products. Anthrax can cause severe illness in both humans and animals."
The CDC does not consider Anthrax as contagious between people. 
Without treatment the risk of death from a skin infection of Anthrax, medically called Cutaneous Anthrax, is roughly 24%. Infections in the intestines, have a risk of 25 to 75% depending on the study and the patient conditions. Inhalation of Anthrax spores leading to a lung infection has a mortality of 50-80%, regardless of treatment.
Which is why we are notifying you. 
The disease appears to be most commonly contacted in summer months, that is when domesticated livestock are most likely to roam larger areas. 
Clusters of cases are not uncommon if a house or a village contacts products from the same animal or herd. 
So far no deaths have been reported by Voronezh health officers.