China to Donate Vaccine to Mongolia to Combat Foot-and-Mouth Disease
China would donate 100,000 doses of vaccine to Mongolia to help fight foot-and-mouth disease in the country's east, the Mongolian government said Tuesday.
Enkhbbold Miegombo, deputy prime minister and head of the national emergency commission, said current efforts to fight the disease were not satisfactory.
Until Oct. 1, 10 counties in Dornod and Sukhbaatar provinces have suffered outbreaks of the disease, but this had grown to 16 on Monday, Mongolian officials said.
The deputy prime minister said some officials in the provinces would be held accountable for incompetence in fighting the disease.
The officials in the firing line included governor of Sukhbaatar province, whose future would be discussed at a cabinet meeting.
Currently, 20,550 out of 31,400 livestock animals in 16 counties were infected with foot-and-mouth disease and 20,346 had been culled, said Orgil, chairman of Mongolia's veterinary service and livestock breeding agency.
About 2.4 million livestock animals have been vaccinated in the eastern provinces of Mongolia.
The agency appealed to other countries and international organizations for help and asked for foot-and-mouth vaccine and other necessary products.` Some countries and international organizations have pledged to help Mongolia combat the contagious livestock disease.
Orgil said Russia was ready to sell 600,000 doses of vaccine at an appropriate price.
Enkhbbold Miegombo, deputy prime minister and head of the national emergency commission, said current efforts to fight the disease were not satisfactory.
Until Oct. 1, 10 counties in Dornod and Sukhbaatar provinces have suffered outbreaks of the disease, but this had grown to 16 on Monday, Mongolian officials said.
The deputy prime minister said some officials in the provinces would be held accountable for incompetence in fighting the disease.
The officials in the firing line included governor of Sukhbaatar province, whose future would be discussed at a cabinet meeting.
Currently, 20,550 out of 31,400 livestock animals in 16 counties were infected with foot-and-mouth disease and 20,346 had been culled, said Orgil, chairman of Mongolia's veterinary service and livestock breeding agency.
About 2.4 million livestock animals have been vaccinated in the eastern provinces of Mongolia.
The agency appealed to other countries and international organizations for help and asked for foot-and-mouth vaccine and other necessary products.` Some countries and international organizations have pledged to help Mongolia combat the contagious livestock disease.
Orgil said Russia was ready to sell 600,000 doses of vaccine at an appropriate price.
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