According to reports, a number of people have experienced blisters and lesions after handling meat and raw hides at a tannery in Sirajganj, Bangladesh.

Officials from the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) have visited the area and have collected blood samples from the sufferers amid rumours that anthrax could be the cause. It will take a week to uncover the results and around 39 people are believed to have been affected.

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