Kyrgyzstan steps up veterinary border control amid malignant anthrax outbreak in Kazakhstan
BISHKEK. June 27 (Interfax) - Kyrgyzstan has stepped up veterinary control on the border with Kazakhstan because of the malignant anthrax outbreak in Kazakh territory.
The State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Security Authority is bolstering veterinary control over cattle products imported from Kazakhstan because of the malignant anthrax outbreak there, the Kyrgyz Agriculture Ministry press service told Interfax on Monday.
"The Kyrgyz side has sent relevant notices to the Kazakh side and the Eurasian Economic Commission, urging measures that will prevent imports of infected products into territories of EAEU member states," the ministry said.
"There have been no malignant anthrax cases in the republic," the Kyrgyz Health Ministry told Interfax.
"The malignant anthrax situation is favorable and does not cause concern," a representative of the ministry said.