Epizootic of anthrax in the yamal nenets autonomous district 1 4 on july 16 2016 the public safety answering point of the yamal district received. Yamal district in orange in the yamal district 10 settlements in 6. Yamal peninsula from north to south is 750 km and from west to east up to 240 km.
In salekhard hospital for further tests and observations have taken four of the tundra of the yamal tundra quoted tass the press service of the governor of the region dmitry kobylkin. The number of hospitalizations from the anthrax on the yamal peninsula increased from nine to 13 people mostly children according to local authorities. Hundreds were hospitalized with symptoms and a twelve year old boy died from anthrax that had been hidden under the permafrost for over seventy five years.
In 2016 over twenty people were infected by a disease in the yamal peninsula located in the yamalo nenets autonomous okrug of northwest siberia russia above the arctic circle. As the first teams of veterinaries moved out the remote tundra area with bags filled up with vaccine doses against anthrax. Mass vaccination against anthrax continues on yamal peninsula.
Anthrax hadn t been seen in the region for 75 years and it s thought. Last august a boy died of anthrax in the remote yamal peninsula and 20 other infected people were treated and survived. Three unusual sinkholes were discovered on the yamal peninsula in 2014 a phenomenon that.
The tabloid lifenews reported that the boy s grandmother died of anthrax at a nomad camp last week. Waterbird hunting season was supposed to on august 13 th. The ban is a precautionary measure to restrict the theoretical risk of spreading anthrax.
In yamalo nenets autonomous okrug the governor s office on friday banned all kind of hunting on the yamal region and hunting waterbirds in the entire okrug.
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