Szabolcs Pasztor said the disease had last been detected in Hungary in 1973.

A protection zone has been established around the farm, he added.


Gulyas: Foot-and-mouth disease appears to be contained

An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Hungary appears to be contained at the moment, Gergely Gulyas, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, said at a weekly press briefing on Thursday.

Gulyas said the last of the infected animals would be destroyed by Thursday.

Fielding questions, he said inspections were underway but no further infections had been discovered, suggesting a quick response had been effective.

All of the infected animals are being destroyed and restrictions have been placed on animals in a 10km zone around the area of the outbreak, he added.

He said that the European Union had issued a certificate requiring other member states to accept imports from Hungary.

Fifteen non-EU countries have temporarily banned imports of Hungarian meat products, he added.


Orban: Further spread of foot-and-mouth disease must be blocked

Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday appealed to livestock owners to take heed of the instructions of the authorities on how to prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

Infected herds must be culled and the infection localised, Orban said in a video uploaded to Facebook in which he stood in front of the livestock farm on the outskirts of Kisbajcs in Gyor-Moson-Sopron county, in western Hungary, where the virus was identified.

Livestock owners have access to specialists and funding, and Istvan Nagy, the agriculture minister, is directing protection efforts, the prime minister noted.

Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

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