Jeong Myeong-geun, Mayor of Hwaseong, "All-out Effort to Prevent Lumpy Skin Disease in Cattle"

"Full Mobilization of City Administrative Power"
Vaccination Completion by the 24th

Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 23rd that it held an emergency meeting on the prevention of bovine 'Lumpy Skin Disease' at the city hall disaster situation room. Lumpy Skin Disease is a viral disease that only infects cattle through blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes, and it is designated as a Class 1 livestock infectious disease in Korea due to its consequences such as miscarriage or infertility in cattle when it occurs. After the first confirmed case was reported on the 20th in Seosan, Chungnam Province, cases have been confirmed not only in the neighboring Taean County but also in Cheongbuk and Poseung-eup in Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, and in Gimpo City.

At the meeting attended by about 20 people including Hwaseong Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun and related officials, the core topics were vaccination and prevention measures for vector animals following confirmed cases in nearby cities and counties.

Jung Myung-geun, mayor of Hwaseong City, is receiving a report at the cattle Lumpy Skin Disease countermeasure meeting on the 23rd.
[Photo by Hwaseong City]

Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun stated, "At the current situation, rapid prevention of vector animal habitats around livestock farms and inspection of farm biosecurity are the most important," and added, "I hope everyone will do their best to overcome this emergency by checking the vaccination status and strengthening communication with farms and related departments."

He also said, "Prevention is not the task of one or two departments but involves the entire city," and "We will mobilize the city’s entire administrative power and do our best."

Earlier, on the 20th when the first outbreak was confirmed, Hwaseong City also held an emergency countermeasure meeting at the city hall situation room.

The city is conducting disinfection around cattle farms and livestock facilities using 18 disinfection vehicles and 2 wide-area sprayers, and is promoting telephone monitoring and prevention guidelines to farms. The city plans to complete vaccination for farms within its jurisdiction by the 24th.

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