Cyprus Considers State of Emergency Over Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak
Cyprus is contemplating declaring a state of emergency and has deployed the National Guard to prevent a 'total livestock disaster' as the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak escalates into a national security crisis.
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‘What becomes of me now?’ Larnaca farmers face ruin as foot-and-mouth spreads
Andreas Eleftheriou Sarmalis is 20 years old. His father is bedridden. And he is alone on the farm, watching foot-and-mouth disease close in. “I’m in shock,” he said. “What we’re going through is like what Limassol went through last summer with the fires. We are children of pain — we have to endure.” Sarmalis farms […]
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Efforts are being made by the government to contain the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak and minimise the impact on the farmers themselves and the supply chain, deputy government spokesman Yiannis Antoniou said on Tuesday. Speaking on state TV, Antoniou said the investigations would show how the disease spread from the north, however “the distances are so […]
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