
On January 10 , the country announced the first case of flu in nearly 40 years, which has occurred in the stock of water buffaloes in the close Berlin region of Brandenburg. This is the only reported incident to this time.
Minister Cem Oezdemir said, that stopping the disease is the highest priority, but he would wish that “no farm would be closed because of pestilence.” He added, that this country is applying for crisis help for farmers in the EU and is conducting discussions with the ministry of finance.
Pork prices in this country have stabilized, because concerns about the spread of flu have weakened. The European Union has suggested, that the sale of German meat and milk products out of the region, in where the case of disease has may continue.
Part of ordinary measures aimed at
reducing the spread of infectious disease, which does not constitute a threat to people, has been lifted, but
quarantine zones still apply.
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Import restrictions have reverted on German agriculture
Measures to stop disease often include bans on import meat and milk products from affected countries. Great Britain, South Korea and Mexico have imposed import bans on Germany, and the British decision has caused difficulties in the German breeding sector.
German research institute ds.
diseases of animals Friedrich Loeffler informed, that it must pass three months without new cases, before Germany can be
recognized as a country free from flu.