Austria to shut border crossings to Hungary, Slovakia over foot and mouth

According to plans, the restriction will remain in effect until May 20, and the large Nickelsdorf-Hegyeshalom border crossing will remain open.

Austria will close two smaller border crossings with Slovakia and 21 with Hungary from Saturday in an attempt to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday, Reuters reported, as reported by Agerpres.

Austria will close two smaller border crossings with Slovakia and 21 with Hungary from Saturday in an attempt to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from entering the country, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday.

On Saturday 23 border crossings from Austria to Slovakia and Hungary are closed. The reason for this is the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the neighbouring countries. The closure affected 21 border crossings in Burgenland and two in Lower Austria. The Burgenland Chamber of Agriculture welcomed the measures, but criticism came from the FPÖ. The crossings were established in close coordination with the authorities in the affected federal st…

Austrian authorities have taken serious steps to curb foot-and-mouth disease. Small border crossings are being closed to prevent the spread of the infection.

At the Břeclav-Brodská border crossing on the D2 motorway, army vets began helping with checks for foot-and-mouth disease on Thursday morning. The army has allocated 20 of them, with a total of about 30. Army vets will take turns in 12-hour shifts. So far only at this highway border crossing.