Responding to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the South Korean government is calling for stringent countermeasures to prevent it spreading ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.<br />Holding an emergency meeting at the government complex in Seoul on Tuesday, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said preventative measures must be bold and swift to an extent they could be seen as too excessive.<br />He called for early action as there will be a mass movement of people and resources during the holiday, …which runs from February 4th to 6th.<br />The prime minister called for the vaccination of all pigs, goats and deer at farms near Anseong and culling -- where necessary -- to prevent further spread of the disease.<br />The agriculture ministry says it has found no further cases within 500 meters of the latest case. <br />
