WIRE โ€” THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it imposed a temporary ban on importing live animals and animal products from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, and Palestine after outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in those countries. The DA said the Food and Agriculture Organizationย  of the United Nations confirmed outbreaks of the FMD virus serotype

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