South Korea has confirmed two additional cases of foot-and-mouth disease in South Jeolla Province. 

According to the provincial government on Tuesday, the cases were detected at two cattle farms in Yeongam, near another farm that reported four cases on Friday in the first outbreak since May 2023.

One of the two farms is less than one kilometer from the first affected farm, while the other is five kilometers away. 

The total number of cases has now risen to ten: nine in Yeongam and one in Muan. 

Maintaining the highest crisis response level for the disease, “serious,” for ten cities and counties, the agriculture ministry’s headquarters sent an additional response team and an epidemiological team to the farms.

The province plans to complete cattle vaccinations in all of its cities and counties by Saturday.