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The South Korean government has raised the country's foot-and-mouth disease watch level to "serious," the highest in the country's disease control system, after two different virus strains were confirmed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs issued a travel ban for all livestock in the country, while ordering tougher quarantine and sterilization measures. Eighty-six livestock markets across the nation will be closed while the ban is in place. [Source: Korea Herald]
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