Austria forced to close its borders to two countries after outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

The most recent focus was on a farm in Jourová, south of Slovakia, near the border with Hungary, where all the cattle of this livestock should be slaughtered. Read

Austria to shut border crossings to Hungary, Slovakia over foot...

Austria will close two smaller crossings at its border with Slovakia and 21 at its border with Hungary from Saturday, in a bid to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The first outbreak of the highly infectious disease in 50 years in Hungary led the country on Wednesday to deploy soldiers and launch disinfection measures to contain it in an area bordering Slovakia and Austria. The dise…

Especially since the actions have been banned, says the driver.

Austria has closed many border crossings with Hungary due to the foot-and-mouth disease spreading in Central Europe. Slovakia is also closing border crossings.

While Austria has remained disease-free until now, Slovakia and Hungary are trying to limit their damage. The focus is on: Vaccination against the animal virus

Congestion is expected at several crossings of the Hungarian-Austrian border section. The Austrian authorities have previously announced that they will restrict traffic between Hungary and Austria in order to prevent further spread of foot-and-mouth disease among ungulates.