Federal Army Aids in Fight Against Mouth and Claw Disease in Lower Austria
Lower Austria has announced the deployment of the Austrian Army at the border crossings with Slovakia, due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in neighbouring countries.
The controls at the borders have been running smoothly, according to police spokesman Stefan Loidl, who reported on Thursday about the quiet operation of the checks. Waiting times at the border controls have been a maximum of 15 minutes.
Currently, all test results in Lower Austria have been negative. However, the province has requested an assistance deployment for disinfection measures at the borders, which the Military Command of Lower Austria has agreed to fulfil.
Starting next week, the task of caring for disease mats at the open border crossings in Lower Austria will be taken over by the Austrian Army. The Military Command has not yet announced the exact date when the Army will become active at the border crossings in Hohenau (district of Gänserndorf) and Berg (district of Bruck an der Leitha).
Until now, the disease mats at the open border crossings in Lower Austria have been cared for by the road service. The office of the responsible provincial councilor Susanne Rosenkranz (FPO) made the announcement about the takeover of disinfection tasks by the Austrian Army, but no recent announcements about the task transfer of caring for disease mats at the open border crossings have been made.
It is worth noting that the responsible person of the Lower Austria provincial council who announced the takeover of disinfection tasks by the Austrian Army during the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Slovakia and Hungary is not explicitly named in the provided search results.
Despite the deployment of the Austrian Army, the Army has not yet started their active duty at the border crossings in Hohenau and Berg. The Military Command of Lower Austria has not yet made an official statement about the fulfilment of the assistance request for disinfection measures at the borders.
In the meantime, the road service is still responsible for caring for disease mats at the open border crossings in Lower Austria. The controls at the borders have been running smoothly, and no incidents have been reported so far.
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