An Ill East Wind

Anthrax has affected hundreds of Ende people. Leprosy prevails in East Flores. Are they due to poverty and undernourishment?

November 6, 2007

DOZENS of people in Wolotou village, Kota Baru subdistrict, Ende regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), have been found to have contracted anthrax after consuming a buffalo that had died suddenly. No deaths were reported but the latest news on Tuesday last week said a medical team assigned to the area identified 761 villagers affected by anthrax bacilli.

“The buffalo carcass should have been buried rather than consumed, because the village has be

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