Rachel Hou/Shanghai Daily news

On August 7, Shanghai Health Bureau reported that no anthrax cases had been found in the city so far, and that no new cases had been reported for seven consecutive days as of yesterday in Liaoning province, where the disease was first detected.
Local experts told citizens not to panic about the disease, since human-to-human spread of skin-based anthrax is very rare and the disease can be cured as long as patients are treated in time.
Local residents have little chance of catching the disease since they rarely have contact with herbivores, where the disease is most commonly found, said Doctor Shi Guangfeng of Huashan hospital.
The anthrax outbreak has killed one man in Damintun Township, Xinmin City, Liaoning Province. A total of 12 cases - seven confirmed and five suspected -  were reported in the province as of yesterday. All the patients were recently working in  businesses related to cattle raising, processing or selling.  
Anthrax in humans occurs as a cutaneous (skin-based), pulmonary, or intestinal infection. Skin-based anthrax is the most common type, accounting for 95 percent of all known anthrax cases.