In the Passover story Pharaoh hardens his heart towards the Hebrews (Jews) and G-d sends 10 plagues to vex him and the Egyptian people. These plagues were:
Blood, Frogs, Lice, Flies, Diseases on their Livestock, Boils, Hail, Locusts, Darkness, Death of the Firstborn.
It seems that G-d might be cursing the Egyptians again.
Essam Abdel Shakur, the head of Egypt's central quarantine service, said 93,734 head of cattle are believed to have been hit by the disease since February, of which 9,022 had died.There is no record of what disease G-d sent the Egyptians that first time so long ago. But it could very well have been Hoof-in-Mouth Disease.
The highest rate of infection is in the Nile Delta region, he said, cited by the official MENA news agency.
On Thursday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned that a major new foot-and-mouth outbreak in Egypt could threaten the whole of North Africa and the Middle East.
The UN food agency said it was working with the Egyptian government to prevent the disease from spreading, but that failing to do so could have serious implications for food security in the region.
While foot-and-mouth disease has circulated in Egypt for some years "this is an entirely new introduction of a virus strain known as SAT2, and livestock have no immune protection against it," the FAO said.
Official estimates last week put the number of suspected cases at more than 40,000, with more than 4,600 animals, mostly calves, already dead.
Farmers have been urged to limit animal movement, avoid buying animals, and to burn or bury the carcasses of dead animals.
According to FAO's livestock census data, 6.3 million head of cattle and buffalo and 7.5 million sheep and goats are at risk in Egypt.
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