Around 28.6 million poultry in 27 provinces and cities nationwide including 13 million chickens and 15.6 million ducks have been vaccinated since the first drive of vaccination was launched in February this year. Dong Thap province is now engaged in the second drive of vaccination, according to the Veterinary Department.
In the meanwhile, more than 2,500 buffaloes and cows and 1,540 pigs have been infected with the foot-and-mouth disease over the past 21 days. Around 110 communes and wards of 46 districts in 12 provinces have not yet passed the 21-day deadline for foot-and-mouth disease infection.
The department has instructed localities to control and eradicate the foot-and-mouth disease by the end of 2006 so that the national programme will continue to be supplemented and expanded in the 2007-2010 period.
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