{"id":55601,"date":"2023-12-30T22:25:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T22:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert"},"modified":"2023-12-30T22:52:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T22:52:35","slug":"malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert","title":{"rendered":"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected cases of Anthrax disease that has already claimed lives in neighboring Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>The disease has killed four people in Zambia and infected 335 others in six of its ten provinces after reportedly contracting it through anthrax-contaminated meat.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary for Health in Malawi, Dr. Samson Mndolo reveals they continue collaborating with the Zambian government, Africa CDC, and World Health Organisation in monitoring the Anthrax outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>He says they are ready to respond in the event of a suspected case through laboratory confirmation and case management. Some of the symptoms of Anthrax including blisters, painless skin sores, fever general body pains, and headache.<\/p>\n<p>Information shows it can be prevented by avoiding eating raw and undercooked meat from sick or dead animals, wearing masks, gloves, and other protective clothing when handling sick or dead animals as well as washing hands with soap and clean water after having contact with animals or animal products.<\/p>\n<p>Anthrax is a zoonotic disease spread by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis that infects animals and humans and is transmitted from infected livestock like cattle, goats, pigs, and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected cases of Anthrax disease that has already claimed lives in neighboring Zambia. The disease has killed four people in Zambia and infected 335 others in six of its ten provinces after reportedly contracting it through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,25],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-55601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-featured","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-30T22:25:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-30T22:52:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-30T22:25:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-30T22:52:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert\"},\"wordCount\":214,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"Featured\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert\",\"name\":\"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert - Malawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-30T22:25:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-30T22:52:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected c ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":479,\"caption\":\"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/\",\"name\":\"Malawi\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert - Malawi","description":"Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected c ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert","og_description":"Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected c ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert","og_site_name":"Malawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-12-30T22:25:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-30T22:52:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":479,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert","datePublished":"2023-12-30T22:25:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-30T22:52:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert"},"wordCount":214,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Malawi","Malawi"],"articleSection":["all news","community","Featured"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert","name":"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert - Malawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg","datePublished":"2023-12-30T22:25:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-30T22:52:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Malawi\u2019s Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance in health facilities and entry points to detect any suspected c ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/12\/sm_1703963708.25202.jpg","width":720,"height":479,"caption":"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-on-zambias-anthrax-outbreak-alert#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Malawi on Zambia\u2019s anthrax outbreak alert"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/","name":"Malawi","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}