Kazakhstan declared free of foot-and-mouth disease with vaccination status

Delegates from 183 member states of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have unanimously approved granting Kazakhstan the status of an area free from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) with vaccination, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture has stated.

The certificate was presented to the Kazakh delegation at the 93rd General Session of the WOAH in Paris, Caliber.Az reports, citing Kazakh media.

The ministry said today, the entire territory of Kazakhstan is covered by internationally recognised zones free from foot-and-mouth disease with vaccination.

“Kazakhstan has become the only country in Central and Eastern Asia to hold such a status,” it added.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov