28 April 2000 Vol. Since March 1994 outbreaks of African swine fever started occurring to the south of the Save river. Quarantine has been lifted.
Vaccination is on-going.
No further cases were observed on the territory of Russia, and the country may be considered again free from foot and mouth disease, as from 25 April 2000. As of 24 April 2000, serum samples from 43,663 animals from farms in the movement control and surveillance areas and from the epidemiologically related farms have been tested, with negative results apart from the two positive cases reported previously.