SBS Sinhala Current Affair 22 July 2022: Is Australia doing enough to stop a foot and mouth disease outbreak?

Listen to the SBS Sinhala feature on measures taken by the government to control the spreading of foot and mouth disease in livestock.

Vaccination of livestock Source: Getty Images/Lucas Ninno

Highlights

• The Federal Government has stepped up its efforts to prevent an outbreak of foot and mouth disease spreading from Indonesia to Australia.
• But the Coalition says Labor is not doing enough to stop an outbreak that would devastate Australia's livestock industry.
• Meanwhile, viral fragments of the disease had been detected in pork products imported from China.