The Niculescu Government takes the first step toward unblocking sheep exports / The first 300,000 doses have already arrived in Romania

Prime Minister Luca Niculescu announced that the Government will approve, during Friday’s extraordinary meeting, the donation from the European Union’s strategic reserves of 1.1 million doses of vaccine against peste des petits ruminants and sheep and goat pox. He announced that the first 300,000 doses of vaccine have already arrived in Romania, and the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) will organize the emergency vaccination campaign nationwide.

“Today we will take a concrete measure to protect the livestock sector and support Romanian sheep and goat breeders, who are facing economic losses due to diseases affecting the animals. Specifically, we will approve the donation from the European Union’s strategic reserves of 1.1 million doses of vaccine against peste des petits ruminants and sheep and goat pox. The first 300,000 doses have already arrived in Romania. Deliveries are continuing. ANSVSA will organize the emergency vaccination campaign nationwide,” Luca Niculescu said on Friday, at the beginning of the extraordinary Government meeting.