Anthrax Outbreak Affects in Nnorth Russia

Russia has sent troops trained for biological warfare to help deal with the emergency.

Temperatures in the danger zone – now under quarantine – have soared to 35C. A heatwave has fuelled the disease.

Ninety people are undergoing hospital checks in remote northern Russia because of an anthrax outbreak that killed a boy on Monday.

Eight people are confirmed as infected with anthrax, a rare but deadly bacterial disease. It is believed to have spread from reindeer.

More than 2,300 reindeer have died in the outbreak, in the Yamalo-Nenets region of Siberia. Reindeer-herding families have been moved out.