A coordinating body headed by the director of the veterinary services has been established following a broad meeting of all competent authorities at the services’ headquarters in Nicosia, officials said on Monday, as police in Larnaca formed an investigative team to probe the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
The meeting, held on instructions from President Nikos Christodoulides, was attended by the permanent secretary of the agriculture ministry, Andreas Gregoriou, the permanent secretary of
