Beijing Reports Anthrax Case, Patient Quarantined

A general view of the Great Hall of the People refracted by the window of an ambulance in Beijing, on March 5, 2011. Feng Li/Getty Images

Health officials in Beijing reported a case of inhalation anthrax on Aug. 8. The patient, a resident of Chengde city in northern Hebei Province, had contact with infected animals, authorities said.

The patient is quarantined and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Beijing, according to the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The patient was transported from Hebei to Beijing, four days after showing symptoms.