Qatar is free from foot-and-mouth disease

The Qatari ministry of health has taken reserve measure to prevent the entry of foot-and-mouth disease infected livestock to its territories and stressed that not one single case was reported.

In statements issued on Tuesday in the Qatari dailies the assistant for the ministry of health secretary for technical affairs Khaleifa al-Jaber said that Qatar is free from foot-and-mouth diseases which hit livestock in other countries.