Anthrax is a serious infectious disease that occurs naturally in soil and commonly affects domestic and wild animals
Three people have died after an anthrax outbreak in Indonesia that reportedly infected more than 90 people who consumed contaminated meat.
Health officials in Yogyakarta province, in the south of the country’s most populous island, Java, confirmed this week that three people had died from the bacterial infection.
“For death cases, there are three people in Semanu Sub-district, Gunung Kidul District, Yogyakarta,” the Ministry of Health said.
Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis. It occurs naturally in soil and commonly affects domestic and wild animals, which can transmit the disease to humans.