Veterinary quarantine issued after citizen gets infected with haemorrhagic fever virus

Muscat: The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has imposed a veterinary quarantine on a farm in Shinas after it registered a case of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHF) in a person.
In an online statement, the ministry said “Specialists at the ministry immediately imposed a quarantine procedure on a farm in the wilayat of Shinas in North Al Batinah after a citizen was infected with the CCHF.”
"They took samples of tick insects [carrier of the disease] from the animals of citizen’s farm and other animals, which were sent to the laboratory for examining."
The ministry elaborated that it also isolated animals and will follow-up on them with specialists, and guided the citizen's family to follow the proper ways to deal with the animals.