smithersjones
17th August 2012, 18:52
A drug user in Blackpool has been infected with Anthrax, has died today in hospital.
t is the eighth case recently reported in several European countries.
NHS Blackpool said heroin, or a contaminated cutting agent mixed with it, was the likely source of infection.
But the HPA said it was "unclear" whether the case in Blackpool and another case in Lanarkshire in Scotland - which was confirmed at the end of July - were linked to the European outbreak.
Anthrax for ***** sake!
There have been seven confirmed cases of the infection since June - one in Scotland, three in Germany, two in Denmark, and one in France.
Read more here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19296254
t is the eighth case recently reported in several European countries.
NHS Blackpool said heroin, or a contaminated cutting agent mixed with it, was the likely source of infection.
But the HPA said it was "unclear" whether the case in Blackpool and another case in Lanarkshire in Scotland - which was confirmed at the end of July - were linked to the European outbreak.
Anthrax for ***** sake!
There have been seven confirmed cases of the infection since June - one in Scotland, three in Germany, two in Denmark, and one in France.
Read more here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-19296254