Restrictions for trucks from Slovakia over foot-and-mouth disease risk

Due to the risk of foot-and-mouth disease, all trucks over 3.5 tonnes from Slovakia can enter the Czech Republic only through five designated border crossings from Friday onwards. These are Mosty u Jablunkova, Bílá-Bumbálka, Starý Hrozenkov, Břeclav-Brodské on the D2 motorway near Lanžhot, and Hodonín. Technical adjustments are underway to enable disinfection of as many vehicles as possible. Trucks carrying animals, animal products, or feed are restricted to the first four crossings and will undergo more thorough disinfection. The measures follow outbreaks in Slovakia and Hungary, with the latest confirmed case just 50 kilometres from the Czech border.