More than 800,000 reindeer vaccinated against anthrax
When a serious outbreak of anthrax shook the far northern Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in summer 2016, Russian authorities mounted a large response. A mass evacuation of reindeer herders, including children, quickly started from the exposed areas, and the country’s Ministry of Defense launched a special emergency task force equipped with 30 tons of biologically active agents aimed at decontamination of infected areas.
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