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Slovakia declares 'emergency situation' to stop spread of foot-and-mouth cases
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Posted on March 25, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 25, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Slovakia declared an emergency to control foot-and-mouth disease after cases were found in the south. This is the first outbreak in 50 years.
(Reuters) -Slovakia declared an emergency situation on Tuesday, making it easier to enact measures to prevent the spread of cases of foot-and-mouth disease after infections were detected in the southern part of the country, the government office said on its website.
Officials discovered the cases at three farms last week. The infections were the first in half a century, and come after neighbouring Hungary reported cases earlier in March.
Foot-and-mouth disease poses no danger to humans but causes fever and mouth blisters in cloven-hoofed ruminants such as cattle, swine, sheep and goats, and outbreaks often lead to trade restrictions.
(Reporting by Jason Hovet, Editing by Louise Heavens)
The main topic is Slovakia's emergency declaration to control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.
Slovakia declared an emergency to quickly enact measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.
No, foot-and-mouth disease poses no danger to humans but affects cloven-hoofed animals.
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