Two people hospitalized with anthrax in Dagestan

Three people were taken to hospital in the village of Novokuli, Russia’s Dagestan, with suspected Siberian plague. The diagnosis has been confirmed in two cases, a spokesman for the republic’s health ministry said

"Three residents of the village of Novokuli were taken to hospital with suspected anthrax. By now, the diagnosis has been confirmed in two cases. The third patient is under medic’s supervision," the spokesman said, adding that two patients were hospitalized on October 12 and one - on October 13.

According to the spokesman, all the three are in condition of medium gravity. "Their lives are not in danger," TASS cited him as saying.