{"id":14563,"date":"2026-04-15T00:07:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/lesvos-farmers-disrupt-ferry-sailing-amid-foot-and-mouth-epidemic\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T00:07:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:07:52","slug":"lesvos-farmers-disrupt-ferry-sailing-amid-foot-and-mouth-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/lesvos-farmers-disrupt-ferry-sailing-amid-foot-and-mouth-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesvos farmers disrupt ferry sailing amid foot-and-mouth epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Farmers on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, who are struggling to cope with a deadly livestock disease, on Tuesday prevented hundreds of travelers from boarding an outward-bound ferry to protest the government\u2019s handling of the epidemic.<\/p>\n<p>State ERT television reported that farmers blockaded the entrance to the port of Mylilini, allowing only conscripts serving their obligatory military service and people traveling for health reasons to enter a ship heading for Chios and Piraeus.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, about 100 people got on the ferry, while another 700, with 110 vehicles and 30 motorcycles were kept ashore.<\/p>\n<p>Lesvos is the center of a foot-and-mouth disease epidemic that broke out in mid-March and has resulted in a strict program of culling and bans on the export of farm animals and dairy products, as authorities try to stop the disease from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>Foot-and-mouth is deadly to livestock but does not affect humans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1300856\/lesvos-farmers-disrupt-ferry-sailing-amid-foot-and-mouth-epidemic\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers on the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesvos, who are struggling to cope with a deadly livestock disease, on Tuesday prevented hundreds of travelers from boarding an outward-bound ferry to protest the government\u2019s handling of the epidemic. 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