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Austria shuts dozens of border crossings with Hungary and Slovakia due to foot-and-mouth outbreak (www.euronews.com)
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[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

first two paragraphs:

The disease poses no danger to humans and primarily affects cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals like swine, sheep and goats.

Austria has closed off two dozen border crossings with its neighbours, Hungary and Slovakia, in a bid to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and prevent it from entering the country.