Outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease reported in southern Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, June 7 — An outbreak of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed in Dundgovi province in southern Mongolia, the provincial governor’s office reported on Sunday. “Quarantine measures have been imposed in outbreak zones and suspected infection sites in the province’s Gurvansaikhan and Adaatsag soums (administrative subdivisions),” the governor’s office said. Authorities are implementing a range of disease-control measures, including disinfection and sanitation operations, as well as vaccination campaigns against the FMD, to contain the spread of the disease.