Health authorities in London are looking for anthrax spores in the home of a musician and drum maker who died Sunday from symptoms of the killer disease.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has sealed off the flat of Fernando Gomez, 35, at the Dalston Lane building in Hackney and plans to conduct a cleanup if any anthrax sign emerge.
Gomez, who also taught neighborhood kids Spanish folk music, fell ill one week ago and was treated at the Homerton University hospital for anthrax inhalation before dying. The animal skin he was making into drums are suspected as the source of the anthrax spores and eight people believed to have been exposed to the disease have been given antibiotics as precaution.
Professor Nigel Lightfoot, the HPA chief adviser, said residents near Gomez's flat or studio were not at risk of contracting anthrax because it can only infect those making a drums and not the ones playing the instrument.
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