On Friday 13 February, the European Commission announced the delivery of 500,000 doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine to the authorities in Cyprus.
These vaccines concern serotype SAT1 and are to be used to reinforce vaccination in areas of the island where the Cypriot government does not exercise effective control.
This is the first delivery organised this year by the European Commission as part of its ongoing monitoring of the epidemic.
The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was...