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South Korea: Farm minister says FMD outbreak to subside by early March.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap

[Yonhap headline: "S. Korea's FMD Outbreak to Subside By Early March: Minister"]

SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Yonhap) - South Korea's severest foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak is expected to come under control by early March as nationwide vaccination efforts take effect, a senior policymaker said Friday [ 18 February].

In a radio interview with a local broadcaster, Farm Minister Yoo Jeong-bok said the number of FMD cases has started to fall off in recent weeks after the first round of nationwide vaccinations have been completed on all cattle and pigs.

After the first case was reported in late …

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