Czech Republic resumes border controls with Slovakia amid FMD outbreak

The Czech Republic will resume extraordinary border controls with Slovakia from 07:00 on Friday. Minister of Agriculture Marek Výborný (KDU-ČSL) stated this in connection with the occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease.

Czech Republic resumes border controls with Slovakia amid FMD outbreak

Czech Republic resumes border controls with Slovakia amid FMD outbreak Prague: The Czech Republic reinstated border controls with neighbouring Slovakia in response to an outbreak of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) among cattle on three Slovak farms. According to Czech Agriculture Minister Marek Vyborny, extraordinary border controls at Slovak crossings were reinstated in agreement […] The post Czech Republic resumes border con…

The Czech Republic is closing its borders to Slovak cattle due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which has spread there for the first time in more than fifty years. Although the disease does not pose a major threat to humans, it can cause enormous economic and ecological damage.

From Friday, it is not possible to import animal products from sheep, goats, pigs and cattle from Slovakia to the Czech Republic. The State Veterinary Administration (SVS) has ordered a ban on the import of uncooked products from animals that can be infected with foot-and-mouth disease. It announced this in a press release. Previously...

Czech police will introduce border controls at border crossings with Slovakia from Friday due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Hungary.

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease appeared in Slovakia, right on the border with Hungary. According to the Slovak Minister of Agriculture, whole herds of animals in which cases of the disease have been detected will most likely be slaughtered. The Czech authorities, in turn, decided to introduce blockades on the transport of livestock from the neighbouring country. The last time Foot-and-Mouth Disease appeared in Poland was in 1971.