They are trying to localize the outbreak.

An outbreak of foot and mouth disease from Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China, was reported to the International Epizootic Bureau. Experts said that we are talking about foot and mouth disease serotype O.

In 2016, foot and mouth disease of this serotype was transferred to Transbaikalia. Then the animals got sick in the village of Sredneargunsk. This small village with a population of just over 300 people is located a kilometer from the Chinese border. Then quarantine was introduced in the village.

Foot and mouth disease is an acute viral disease that affects the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, and interdigital folds. Erosions appear in the skin in the form of vesicles and ulcers. Foot and mouth disease is a zoonotic disease, i.e. the virus is transmitted from animal to human. People cannot infect each other. You can get foot and mouth disease through food products - raw milk from a sick animal and meat. And also during the care and milking of the animal - that is, by contact and by airborne droplets.