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Twenty-one people have become ill with brucellosis in the city of Shymkent near the Uzbekistan border.

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Medical doctors register the increase in the incidence and attribute this to an unfavorable epizootic situation among animals.
Abdimanap Tulebaev, Head of the Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Control of Shymkent said, “21 cases were identified. These are all different locations. We try our best to identify all contacts with these animals.”
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