By Own Correspondent| The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS)’s Mutare Farm Prison has recorded an anthrax outbreak.

However, prison officials revealed that the institution can contain the outbreak despite the disease killing a pig at the farm.

ZPCS Manicaland spokesperson Liberty Mhlanga said they discovered the outbreak at their farm sometime two weeks ago.

He said they took the affected pigs into quarantine in a bid to contain the outbreak.

Said Mhlanga:

“We have recorded an anthrax case on February 6. The pig died but we have managed to contain the disease and issued a 30-day quarantine order to make sure the diseases will not be transmitted to other pigs.”

Mr Mhlanga said they have not recorded any similar case or experience suspected cases relating to the disease.

He said they have issued bio-security measures and vaccinated all of their pigs.

“We have managed to vaccinate all of our pigs and review our bio-security measures of foot baths and spraying of all farm motor vehicles.”-StateMedia