CS orders swift vaccination in lumpy skin disease-hit areas.

LAHORE -- Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal has directed the Livestock Department to speed up vaccination process in the areas affected by lumpy skin disease (LSD).

He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting at the Civil Secretariat, here on Wednesday. The meeting reviewed measures being taken to prevent the disease in cattle.

The chief secretary said that a system should be developed for effective monitoring of the situation, adding that the government would provide all resources on priority basis for elimination of lumpy skin disease. He asked the Livestock Department to take emergent measures to enhance the capacity of...