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Ban on Mauritania livestock imports
DUBAI -The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has issued an administrative order to ban the imports of livestocks from Mauritania in West Africa as precautionary measures following reports of an outbreak of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.
Khalfan Abdul Aziz Al Suwaidi, head of animal quarantine department at the ministry, said that the administrative order was issued by the Under-Secrtetary, Rashid Khalfan Al Shariqi, ordering the livestock quarantine authorities at all entry points of the UAE to take necessary steps to prohibit entry of any livestock from Mauritania.
"The UAE although does not import livestock from this country, except rarely some domestic and wild animal species, in addition to beef," Mr Al Suwaidi pointed out.
He said, however, the ministry has ordered the livestock department to coordinate with other authorties to implement the ban from the date of issuance of the order. The ministry's action was based on a report issued by the Paris-based Office International des Epizootics (OIE) assigned to monitor the health of animals and issue reports.
As of March 21, the Mauritanian Ministry of Health reported a total of 35 cases (18 laboratory confirmed) including six deaths of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF).
According to World Health Organisation reports, CCHF is known to occur in Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. Virus and antibodies in human beings have been observed in several areas of Central and East Africa and haemorrhagic fever cases have been reported from South Africa and Mauritania.
CCHF is a tick-borne viral illness caused by a virus which spreads through the bite of an infected ixodid (hard) tick, of which there are at least 29 species. CCHF-infected ticks can transmit the virus to a wide range of domestic and wild animals and sporadic cases and outbreaks in humans can also occur.
Human beings may be infected directly by the bite of an infected tick or through the handling of infected domestic animals.
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