Melbourne Zoo has put additional measures in place to help ensure its animals stay protected from a recent foot and mouth disease outbreak in Indonesia, which is threatening to impact Australia. 7NEWS
has put additional measures in place to help ensure its animals stay protected from a recent foot and mouth disease outbreak in Indonesia, which is threatening to impact Australia.
As well as limiting some paths through enclosures and animal encounters, people who have recently visited Indonesia are being asked to wait 48 hours before visiting the zoo and people who live with any livestock - except horses - are being asked to avoid visiting the zoo altogether. Australia’s international border will remain open amid overseas foot and mouth disease outbreaks despite a growing push by the opposition to close it.
“We have absolutely no evidence at all that the virus is in Australia ... it does affect our international trade if people think that Australia has this disease,” he told ABC radio on Monday.Airport officers are reporting higher compliance by travellers, with the rates of undeclared risk items and contaminated footwear down compared to previous weeks.
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