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Island-wide foot-and-mouth vaccinations begin as virus found circulating since early February
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (335+ words) Veterinary Services began the emergency programme today, coordinated with the European Commission, with 10,000 doses delivered from the occupied north as a first batch. A further 529,000 doses are expected to arrive from Europe over the coming days, with the aim of…...
‘What becomes of me now?’ Larnaca farmers face ruin as foot-and-mouth spreads
23+ hour, 51+ min ago (598+ words) Andreas Eleftheriou Sarmalis is 20 years old. His father is bedridden. And he is alone on the farm, watching foot-and-mouth disease close in. "I'm in shock," he said. "What we're going through is like what Limassol went through last summer with…...