Lumpy Skin Disease Cases Increase to 60... 1.27 Million Vaccine Doses Urgently Imported

The number of lumpy skin disease cases reached 60, with 8 new confirmed cases added just the previous day.

According to the Lumpy Skin Disease Central Accident Response Headquarters on the 29th, as of 8 a.m., a total of 60 cases have occurred across 21 cities and counties. The total number of livestock at farms where lumpy skin disease has occurred is 3,758 heads. The response headquarters is currently conducting tests on 2 additional cases.

The headquarters plans to complete vaccination within 5 days from the time of occurrence for farms within 20 km of the initially affected farms and farms within the 10 km quarantine zone of additional affected farms, using 540,000 doses of pre-stockpiled vaccine.

To stabilize the lumpy skin disease outbreak situation, the headquarters is pushing for the emergency import of a total of 4 million doses of vaccine in addition to the pre-stockpiled 540,000 doses. On the previous day, 1.27 million doses were imported.

On this day, Minister Jeong Hwang-geun of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs visited the free trade zone at the cargo terminal of Incheon International Airport to inspect the on-site situation regarding the customs clearance of urgently imported lumpy skin disease vaccines and the distribution and transportation of the arriving quantities to high-risk cities and counties.

Minister Jeong stated, "Vaccination is the most important measure to block lumpy skin disease," and urged, "Each local government should distribute the vaccines to farms immediately upon arrival in the provinces and cities, and mobilize all available resources, including already organized vaccination teams, to ensure rapid vaccination."

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