One more patient hospitalized in the Jalalabad oblast on suspicion of carrying the anthrax, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported.

21-year old citizen of the Toruk village (Jalalabad oblast’s Aksy region) was hospitalized on August 9. Thus, 18 citizens of the Toktogul, Semet and Toruk villages are receiving prophylactic treatment in the Aksy regional hospital. The anthrax infection has been confirmed in six patients.