Experts' meet to chalk out plan for anthrax war

Even a anthrax scare is spreading the world over, an expert group wil meet at the B. J Medical College on Saturday to make a plan for tackling the probable biological war. Health minister Ashok Bhat said here on Friday that expert from the field of science and animal husbandry will join the workshop. He said that the group would demand the setting up of laboratory, training facilities and medicines in the six medical col leges of the state.

Mr. Bhatt said that as part of the Centre & directive to be alert on developments about anthrax, the health department has geared up to tackle the problem. He said that facilities have been created in th medical colleges to detect signs o Anthrax.

He added that chief minister Narendra Modi has asked the health department to ensure that people are not scared by what has been happening in the western countries. The officials have said that people need not fear from anthrax since not a single anthrax positive case has been detected in Gujarat for the past two years.

Republished from The Asian Age