Sheep pox outbreak: Cases detected in 250 farms across Central Macedonia – 57,000 animals killed
Deputy Regional Governor of Central Macedonia: “We are facing a health crisis on the scale of the coronavirus pandemic. The sheep pox epidemic has taken on dramatic proportions, with previously unknown characteristics. One relates to the disease’s extreme transmissibility...”
Public health is not at risk from sheep and goat pox, assures an AUTH professor – Farmers are concerned
Spyros Kritas explains that the receptors ("locks") on human cells do not match the virus's "keys," preventing infection
Sheep pox: Nationwide ten-day closure of abattoirs
In light of recent data, 104 outbreaks of sheep pox were addressed, leading to the culling of 17,500 animals in Evros, Komotini, Xanthi, Kavala, Serres, Magnesia, and Corinth
