Agriculture ministry quarantines Kijongo Sub-county, Ibanda, over suspected anthrax outbreak

MAAIF said in a statement that seven cattle had died in Birongo 1, Rwambu Parish, and that four people who handled a carcass had skin lesions consistent with cutaneous anthrax and were receiving treatment. Permanent Secretary Maj Gen David Kasura-Kyomukama said samples had been sent for laboratory confirmation, vaccination was under way, and quarantine restrictions had been imposed in Kijongo Sub-county.