The extremely contagious foot and mouth disease continues to spread to livestock despite the best efforts of locals and the National Emergency Management Agency. As of 9th February, 286 from 290 foot-and-mouth affected cattle belonging to 60 herders in Sukhbaatar aimag have been destroyed.

According to a report from February 9th, almost 217,000 livestock have been vaccinated in Ongon, Naran, Dariganga, Bayandelger and Tuvshinshiree sums in Sukhbaatar aimag in an action to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. A total of 160,670 livestock made up of 333 camels, 14,451 cattle, 65,585 sheep and 47,142 goats in the quarantine area have been involved in a Veterinary Wellness Exam & Medical Check-up.

On February 9th, Elgen shand in Sangiin Dalai bag, a small unit of the local administration 50 km away from the center of Galshar sum in Khentii aimag and Khar tolgoi in a small unit of the local administration of Jargalant, 20 cattle belonging to six farmers were found affected with foot and mouth.

Emergency Management Commissions in aimags have set a high alert to prevent an epidemic in the territory of Sukhbaatar and Dornogovi aimag and their neighboring sums Bayankhutag, Bayanmunkh, Darkhan, Bayan-Ovoo, Kherlen and Bor-Undur sums neighboring to Galshar sum.

It is reported that Galshar sum in Khentii aimag is inhabited by over 11,000 Mongolian gazelle. The governors of Galshar, Bayan-Ovoo, Darkhan, Bayankhutagt and Bayanmunkh sums have been ordered to conduct surveys in the habitat of the gazelle in order to eliminate any affected gazelle and send samples to the laboratory.

The General Agency for Specialized Inspection has warned citizens against any unnecessary travel to quarantined zones where foot-and-mouth has been found in Sukhbaatar and Khentii aimags.