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5 more in Fla. exposed to anthrax
Associated Press
10/13/01
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Five more employees at American Media Inc. have tested positive for exposure to anthrax, a company spokesman said Saturday.
Last week, a photo editor for The Sun supermarket tabloid died of the inhaled form of the disease, the first death in the United States related to anthrax in 25 years.
Two other co-workers were found to have been exposed to the disease. They have not become ill.
Gerald McKelvey, a spokesman for American Media Inc., said the company was notified about the five employees Saturday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He said he had no further information on the exposed employees or their conditions.
Health officials had been waiting for results of more than 35 anthrax tests checking employees and visitors to the company's headquarters. About 20 postal employees who handled the company's mail were also awaiting test results.
On Friday, the FBI agent said test results of 965 people who were in the building recently found no new infections.