US EditionHungary deploys military to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak
- Hungary has deployed soldiers and implemented disinfection measures to contain a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, according to Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy.
- The disease was first detected on a cattle farm last month, with 3,500 cattle affected, as stated by Nagy.
- Foot-and-Mouth disease has affected a total of four farms in Hungary, with checks on over 600 farms returning negative results, as reported by Hungary's National Food Chain Safety Office.
- Nagy emphasized, "We are making every effort to prevent any additional outbreaks" of the disease.
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Unprecedented measures in Hungary to combat foot-and-mouth disease: Budapest calls on the army
Hungary has deployed soldiers and initiated new disinfection measures to help contain outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in an area in the northwestern part of the country, bordering Slovakia and Austria, the Hungarian agriculture minister said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
The Straits Times
Hungary deploys military to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak
BUDAPEST - Hungary has deployed soldiers and launched new disinfection measures to help contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in a northwestern area bordering Slovakia and Austria, the agriculture minister said on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Self-protection for armed forces in Slovakia "highest priority"
53 Austrian soldiers of the "Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit" (AFDRU) are currently involved in epidemic operations in neighbouring Slovakia. "Self-protection has the highest priority," said Colonel Horst Staudeböck on Thursday of the APA from the Dunajská Streda region on the Hungarian border. "We work with the most modern equipment, in protective suits, masks and gloves", described the working conditions on site.
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