South Korea will beef up quarantine efforts to prevent the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
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​The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on Sunday that it will further enhance its quarantine efforts of the highly contagious animal disease until May.
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​The ministry said that cases of Type O and A of the disease are being reported in China since December and Mongolia recently reported the outbreak of Type O FMD.
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​According to the ministry, an average of 96-point-four percent of vaccinated cows developed an antibody to the disease, with the comparable figure for pigs reaching 76-point-six percent.
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​The ministry plans to check and inspect cattle and pig farms which fail to reach the average figures.