TBILISI – Georgia’s second anthrax fatality this year has been confirmed.
A Poti resident, aged 28, died from exposure to anthrax, Maka Gabunia, an epidemiologist of the Georgian Healthcare Ministry’s Poti regional laboratory, told reporters on Nov.8.
The tentative cause of death is that the woman sought medical aid too late, Gabunia said.
The patient was showing symptoms of the disease when she was admitted to a hospital, she said.
“The appropriate medical assistance was provided to the patient, but, unfortunately, doctors were unable to save her,” Gabunia said.
Laboratory tests confirmed the diagnosis of anthrax exposure, she said.
She said she believes that there are no reasons for panic among residents of Poti.
The first anthrax fatality this year was recorded in Adjara, Georgia, in Sept.
A 58-year-old resident of the village of Akhalsopeli in the Khelvachauri district died following exposure to an infected animal, the Georgian National Center for Disease Control and Public Health told reporters.
The last time an anthrax fatality was recorded in Georgia was in 2013.
