Bicommunal response to foot and mouth outbreak praised

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP deputy leader Erkut Sahali on Friday praised the bicommunal nature of the response to the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Larnaca district, with the Turkish Cypriot authorities having donated 60,000 doses of the disease’s vaccine so far.

“Sometimes, the reality imposed by life instantly takes us to places we could not reach, even with long preparations and negotiations. The fact that the first support for meeting the vaccine needs … came from northern Cyprus...