Nébih cleared the way for the vaccinations just as the midges that spread the disease started becoming active, and it is making the vaccinations mandatory for animals within a 20 kilometer radius of possible outbreaks of the disease, while vaccinations in the defense zones delineated last autumn will be voluntary. The vaccinations are prohibited in all other areas.

Restrictions related to an outbreak of bluetongue were introduced in roughly two-thirds of Hungary last year.