Foot-and-Mouth disease outbreak likely originated in Slovakia: Hungarian minister


BUDAPEST, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The current data suggest the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Hungary likely originated in Slovakia, a senior Hungarian official said Thursday.

"An epidemiological investigation is underway, and based on current data, it appears clear that this infection came from Slovakia, from the Felvidek area," Gergely Gulyas, the minister of the prime minister's office, said during a government press briefing.

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