Iraq has successfully contained the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Baghdad and surrounding areas, with six provinces—including Karbala and Najaf—reporting no infections, the Parliamentary Agriculture Committee announced on Sunday.

Committee member Ibtisam Al-Hilali told Shafaq News that the Veterinary Directorate, alongside other departments in the Ministry of Agriculture, managed to control the FMD outbreak among buffalo in Baghdad and neighboring provinces, preventing further spread, noting that the virus had already claimed the lives of hundreds of buffalo across Iraq.