No anthrax in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi minister of health Osama Shabakshi has stressed that there is no one anthrax case in Saudi Arabia. He also denied rumors spread on Tuesday saying that there are posy messages which carry this virus.

In a statement to the Saudi daily Okaz the Saudi minister said that all these rumors are groundless and it was found out that these messages contain powder, stressing that all state departments in Saudi Arabia have taken all necessary measures to withstand any possible emergency.

Shabakshi explained that there are nine or ten post messages suspected to have the powder.