FAO: recent outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease urgently require international action

"The rapid spread of a pandemic strain of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) clearly demonstrates the ability of the FMD virus to infiltrate a wide geographic area and to cause epidemics in countries which have been free from the disease for many years," the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

More information: FAO Press Release (15/03/2001)

Datum: 15/03/2001

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