4 diagnosed with anthrax

Four more people have been diagnosed with anthrax at Kenai village in Faridpur upazila of the district yesterday, bringing the number to 14 during the last three days, district health officials confirmed.
The affected people are: Md Imran Hossain, 13, Nasrin Khatun, 35, Dolly Khatun, 32 and Hosne Ara, 30.
Dr Khalilur Rahman, upazila health and family planning officer said the four arrived to the health complex yesterday afternoon for medical care.
The four detected infected two days after they handled raw meat of a diseased cow which was slaughtered on June 9, he said.
Earlier on June 11, ten people of the same village contracted anthrax.
The disease has affected a total of 31 people in the upazila within the last two months, said Khalil.