Livestock department asked to increase vaccination task force

ABBOTTABAD:

Abbottabad Deputy Commissioner Tariq Salam Marwat urged the Livestock Department to increase the strength of the District Task Force so that people can vaccinate their livestock against lumpy skin disease in time.

He chaired a meeting regarding the control of Lumps Skin virus and Dengue fever on Friday. The Health and Livestock Departments' officials gave a briefing regarding dengue control and the Lumpy Skin outbreak.

Marwat emphasised taking all possible measures regarding lumpy skin virus control. He said that vaccination of virus-infected animals should be ensured as soon as possible and also ensure the awareness campaign for the farmers which can enable them for the timely vaccination of their livestock.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Relief and Human Rights Sajid Hussain, DHO Faisal Khanzada, District Director Livestock Akbar Ali, Assistant Manager WSSCA Wasiq Mansoor, representatives of Agriculture Department, TMA Havelian, Lora and Lower Tanwal and others participated in the meeting.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 27^th, 2022.