South Korea confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm, the country's first outbreak less than a year, its agriculture ministry said on Monday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement that the disease had been detected at a dairy farm in Boeun county, about 170 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Reuters. </s> SEOUL: South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth at a dairy farm, the first discovery of the disease in the country in nearly a year.

It also said there was another suspected case at a different location, although that was yet to be confirmed.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement that the disease was unlikely to spread widely as it was one of three types of the illness that the nation inoculates against.

Nonetheless, the government said it would put in place a nationwide standstill order for farms with cloven-hoofed livestock and related transport for 30 hours from 0900 GMT on Monday.

The confirmation comes as Asia's fourth largest economy has been grappling with a nationwide spread of virulent bird flu virus, leading to the culling of over 30 million farm birds.

The agriculture ministry said in its statement on Monday that foot-and-mouth had been detected at a dairy farm in Boeun county, about 170 kilometers (106 miles) southeast of Seoul. All 195 cows raised on the farm had been culled to contain the disease.

It added that it was upping its foot-and-mouth alert to the second-highest level as another suspected case of the disease was reported on Monday at a cattle farm in the southeastern city of Jeongeup, according to the statement.

Foot-and-mouth was last discovered in the country at a hog farm in March 2016.

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Seoul: South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth at a dairy farm, the first discovery of the disease in the country in nearly a year.

It also said there was another suspected case at a different location, although that was yet to be confirmed.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement that the disease was unlikely to spread widely as it was one of three types of the illness that the nation inoculates against.

Nonetheless, the government said it would put in place a nationwide standstill order for farms with cloven-hoofed livestock and related transport for 30 hours from 0900 GMT on Monday.

The confirmation comes as Asia’s fourth largest economy has been grappling with a nationwide spread of virulent bird flu virus, leading to the culling of over 30 million farm birds.

The agriculture ministry said in its statement on Monday that foot-and-mouth had been detected at a dairy farm in Boeun county, about 170 kilometres southeast of Seoul. All 195 cows raised on the farm had been culled to contain the disease.

It added that it was upping its foot-and-mouth alert to the second-highest level as another suspected case of the disease was reported on Monday at a cattle farm in the southeastern city of Jeongeup, according to the statement.

Foot-and-mouth was last discovered in the country at a hog farm in March 2016. </s> South Korea confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm, the agriculture ministry in Sejong said Monday.

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South Korea confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm, the agriculture ministry in Sejong said Monday.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said that 195 cows at the farm in Boeun, 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, of North Chungcheong Province, tested positive for the animal disease.

Foot-and-mouth disease, which does not affect humans, is often fatal for cloven-hoofed animals, such as cows, sheep and pigs.

The ministry said it has taken measures to contain the suspected outbreak, including a ban on the movements by livestock and people near the farm.

South Korea reported its last outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease on March 29 last year.

The country has been struggling with rapidly spreading avian influenza for nearly three months, with more than 30 million chickens and ducks culled. (Yonhap) </s> SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm, the country's first outbreak in less than a year, its agriculture ministry said on Monday (Feb 6).

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement that the disease had been detected at a dairy farm in Boeun county, about 170km south-east of Seoul. All 195 cows raised in the farm had been culled to contain the disease.

The outbreak comes as Asia's fourth largest economy has been grappling with a nationwide spread of virulent bird flu virus since November last year, leading to cull nearly 33 million farm birds and raising the country's bird flu alert level to the highest for the first time.

This is not the first confirmation of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea. A case was discovered at a hog farm in South Chungcheong province in March last year, according to the statement.

The agriculture ministry said it has stepped up quarantine measures including a movement ban for farms within a 3 km-radius of where the disease had been found.

The ministry also said the disease was unlikely to be widespread as it was one of the three types that the country inoculates against. </s> S.Korea to vaccinate all cattle against foot-and-mouth disease

South Korea now has to grapple with foot-and-mouth disease after its latest worst-ever bird flu epidemic. – Reuters picSEOUL, Feb 7 — South Korea’s agriculture ministry said today it will carry out a nationwide vaccination for cattle against foot-and-mouth disease by Thursday in an attempt to prevent further spread of the virus.

The first case of infection of foot-and-mouth in nearly a year was confirmed yesterday at a dairy farm. A second case was confirmed at a cattle farm later the same day, and 243 cattle on the two farms were culled.

South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy, regularly inoculates its cattle and hogs against three types of foot-and-mouth diseases, and the ministry said a wider spread of the virus was unlikely with this outbreak as it was one of the three types the country typically vaccinates against.

However, as the outbreak comes amidst South Korea’s worst-ever bird flu epidemic, the agriculture ministry ordered a nationwide re-vaccination of livestock as an extra preventative measure to contain the virus, a ministry spokesman said.

The ministry also said in a statement on Monday that the two effected farms had not vaccinated their cattle properly.

The vaccination of all the country’s 3.14 million cattle is expected to cost about 5.3 billion won (RM20.5 million), the ministry statement said.

South Korea also imposed a temporary nationwide livestock movement control order for 30 hours, which will end at 1500 GMT today.

This is the third time for South Korea to see both bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease occurring simultaneously. — Reuters </s> – Prey Veng Province has reported an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease on the local cattle herd, affecting mainly buffaloes and cows.The provincial veterinary department sent a working team to Angkor Sor commune, Me San district, on February 4 to implement measures to stamp out the disease.Chen Vi Sal, head of the department, said the vets treated more than 40 affected animals and sprayed chemical at 150 households living close to the area where the disease started.The department also provided free of charge medicine to locals within a 3-kilometre radius from the site of the outbreak to prevent the disease from spreading.Prey Veng share a borderline with the Vietnamese provinces of Dong Thap, Long An and Tay Ninh./. </s> South Korea's agriculture ministry on Friday said it will go all-out on efforts as an outbreak of African swine fever in is "highly likely" to hit the South.

reported the outbreak of the swine fever at a farm in its northern Jagang Province, which borders China, to the World Organization for Animal (OIE) on Thursday, reported.

Of the farm's 99 pigs, 77 died from the fever, and the rest were culled by the North Korean authorities, according to Seoul's agriculture ministry.

Although African swine fever is not harmful to people, it is fatal and highly infectious for pigs, with no cure currently available.

Since its outbreak in in August, the disease has spread to neighbouring countries like and

remains wary about the possible spread of the disease from through wild pigs that may cross the border.

"We have been already working closely with related organisations to cope with a possible outbreak of the swine fever in North Korea and enhanced efforts in the border areas," the agriculture ministry said.

Around 350 South Korean farms located near the border have been under close observation, according to the ministry.

Following the outbreak in the North, the ministry plans to conduct blood tests on pigs at the farms, with the results expected to come by June 7.

Fences are being installed at the farms to prevent potential contact between domestic and wild pigs as well.

measures will also be carried out at major roads in 10 cities and towns near the border, according to the ministry.

South Korea's unification ministry said it will seek ways to cooperate to stem the spread of African swine fever.

In November, the two Koreas held working-level talks on and agreed to share information on contagious diseases to combat and block the spread of contagious diseases across their border.

The Rodong Sinmun, the North's official newspaper, on Friday reported that is suffering from African swine fever which is "highly epidemic and very dangerous." It did not, however, mention the outbreak in the country. </s> SEOUL: South Korean health authorities are still trying to track down about 50 foreigners who could have come in contact with a recently confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) patient - the country's first case in three years.

The individuals include those who were on the same flight as the 61-year-old male patient, who arrived on an Emirates flight in Incheon Airport from Dubai on Friday (Sep 7), local reports said.

A Korea Herald report on Tuesday cited the Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (KCDC) as saying that it was difficult to track the individuals down, as foreign travellers in Korea usually do not have local phone numbers.

The authorities are also looking at public surveillance camera footage, as well as local accommodations, in the hopes of locating the travellers, the report said.

The update comes two days after the KCDC upgraded its National Infectious Disease alert level from “blue” to “yellow”.

A “blue” alert level refers to no immediate threat of importing MERS cases to South Korea, while a “yellow” alert means domestic importation of the disease from abroad has occurred.

The Korean patient was diagnosed with MERS on Saturday after returning home from Kuwait the day before.

He took two flights on his return trip - Emirates EK860 from Kuwait to Dubai, and EK322 from Dubai to Seoul. The second flight he was on had about 440 passengers, the Korea Herald said.

The report also cited Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon as suggesting that the patient may have been aware of his MERS infection during his stay in Kuwait, as he had asked his wife to wear a mask before meeting him at the airport.

The patient also chose to immediately take a taxi by himself to a hospital in Seoul upon his arrival at Incheon.

In a statement, the KCDC said it is working closely with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to track the contacts of the patient.

KCDC head Chung Eun-gyeong said that the authorities have traced and quarantined about 20 people who came in “close contact” with the man. They include medical staff, flight attendants and passengers of the plane.

“The names and information of other contacts, including the 440 individuals on the same flight as the patient, have been provided to local government agencies, and passive surveillance is being conducted,” the KCDC added.

In an update on Sep 11, Yonhap News Agency confirmed that five out of six people who had shown symptoms of MERS have tested negative for the disease. The sixth person is awaiting the results of a second test.

Nineteen South Koreans currently staying in Kuwait have also been tested for MERS and their results are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, Yonhap added. These individuals are believed to have been in contact with the confirmed patient.

The KCDC has advised individuals visiting the Middle East to wash their hands frequently and maintain proper personal hygiene. They are also advised against visiting local farms, coming into contact with camels or consuming camel products.

These individuals should also avoid visiting local hospitals and medical facilities unless absolutely necessary.
South Korea's Agricultural Ministry confirms a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm in Boeun County. This is the first instance of this disease in the country since March 29, 2016.