Drum maker dies from Anthrax

A UK drum maker ,Fernando Gomez, 35, is thought to have contracted the disease from imported animal hides, which he used to make bongo drums. Health protection officials said that residents are not at risk from the disease, which is not contagious.

Gomez had been preparing the skins in his home when he inhaled the anthrax spores, reports The Independent. Seven people who were in the same room as Gomez while he was working with the skins have been given antibiotics as a precautionary measure.