Anthrax spores were found at a post office in Kansas City, Missouri, that handled mail from the US capital Washington, local officials said late on Wednesday.
Missouri is the fifth state where anthrax bacteria has been found following the outbreak of the anthrax scare October 5 in Florida. Four people have died so far from pulmonary anthrax in Florida, Washington and New York.

No postal workers at the Stamp Fulfillment Services, where stamps are canceled for stamp collectors, have shown signs of anthrax infection, Missouri health officials said at a press briefing in Kansas City late Wednesday.

As a precaution, however, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will probably recommend that all 204 employees from the postal center be put on antibiotics, said Rex Archer, the head of the Health Department. Bureau Report