Control measures remain in place to battle foot and mouth disease

Control measures remain in place on Saturday as Cyprus aims to stem the spread of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease which was detected in the Larnaca district earlier this month.

As such, the ban on the movement of livestock and feed nationwide remains in place, with a 10-kilometre surveillance zone also being upheld.

Veterinary services department spokeswoman Sotiria Georgiadou had said on Friday that there had been “no new cases” detected, and that all cows within a three-kilometre...