MKS alarm: Berlin extends animal transport stop until January 2025!
MKS alarm: Berlin extends animal transport stop until January 2025!
Rathaus Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, 10585 Berlin, Deutschland - The district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf recently extended the general decree to suspend animal transport for mul and claw disease-recommended animals by Saturday, January 18, 2025. This measure was taken due to the high risk of contagion of the mouth and claw disease (MKS) and applies all over Berlin to ensure a uniform implementation in all districts. The risk of infection has been particularly high since a case of this high-containing viral infection in water buffalo in the Märkisch-Oderland (Brandenburg) district was confirmed on January 10, 2025.
In response to this virus outbreak, all Berlin districts "Stand Still" regulations have issued that prohibit the moving of claws such as cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and camelids in or from companies. So far, no case has occurred in Berlin, but the authorities insist on protecting the health of animals and public security through preventive measures. Maul and claw disease only affects claw animals, whereby zoo and wild animals can also be infected. For humans, this disease is no danger; In Germany it last appeared in 1988.
hygiene rules and information
The general order describes detailed hygiene rules that must be observed during the secretion of tight contact persons of a SARS-COV-infected person. These regulations based on the Infection Protection Act (IFSG) state that close contact persons have to go to quarantine immediately after the health department has been notified. If you do not have close contact, you are excluded from this obligation if you are vaccinated or recovered.
During the quarantine, close contact persons must observe their symptoms and should have a diary in which they particularly hold on their body temperature and changes in their health. In the case of symptoms that indicate a SARS-COV-2 infection, an immediate report to the health department is required. A violation of these regulations can be punished with a fine of up to twenty -five thousand euros.
public announcement
Details on the general decision and the corresponding regulations are accessible on the website of the Bleiben Sie informiert: Jeden Abend senden wir Ihnen die Artikel des Tages aus der Kategorie Charlottenburg wilmersdorf – übersichtlich als Liste. summarized both the measures to combat MKS and the quarantine regulations for contact persons of infected persons part of a prudent approach to protect public health and animal population in Berlin.
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