The Federal Government says the risk assessment conducted by the human health sector showed that the likelihood of an outbreak of anthrax disease in the country is high.
The FG also said that the potential impact of the disease on humans is high.
These were made known on Monday night in a joint press statement signed by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria, Dr. Columba Vakuru, and the Director General of NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa.
The government, however, noted that it has activated the incident management system at level two with an incident manager appointed for effective coordination of the response.
Earlier, FMARD confirmed one case of Anthrax disease in a mixed livestock farm in Niger State.
This is the first animal case to be reported in Nigeria since the beginning of the West Africa outbreak in Ghana in June 2023.
FMARD said on July 13, 2023, the sudden deaths of livestock in this farm with eight mortality was reported and the animals who died were observed to have been bleeding from external orifices without blood clotting.
Punch / Titilayo Kupoliyi
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