NOVOSIBIRSK, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - A man in West Siberia has been diagnosed with anthrax, a spokesman for the local emergency situations department said Tuesday.
He said the man had been hospitalized on August 10 in the Altai Territory.
"The situation with the 40-year-old suffering from anthrax ...is under the control of the Emergency Situations Ministry," the spokesman said.
The ministry representative added that the patient felt well and his condition was not life threatening.
He said the man may have been infected while slaughtering a cow.
Local authorities have imposed quarantine restrictions in the village where the man lived and no other anthrax cases have been reported, the spokesman said.
