Nine people have been hospitalised after coming into contact with a substance feared to be anthrax at the department of water affairs and Forestry’s Pretoria offices yesterday.
The nine were decontaminated in a special shower erected outside the department’s Schoeman Street offices, dressed in special overalls and ferried to the Unitas Hospital, said emergency services spokesman Johan Pieterse. Emergency services personnel collected a package from an office on the sixth floor of the building around 9h00.It contained a white, powdery substance in a plastic bag, which was handed over to the police for testing.- Nampa-SAPAEmergency services personnel collected a package from an office on the sixth floor of the building around 9h00.It contained a white, powdery substance in a plastic bag, which was handed over to the police for testing.- Nampa-SAPA
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