2001: Foot-and-mouth scare at UK abattoir
A five-mile exclusion zone is placed around an abattoir in Essex after a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease was detected on 19 February 2001.
Two days later, it was confirmed as the UK’s first case of the disease for 20 years.
Foot-and-mouth is a highly infectious viral disease that can affect cattle, pigs, sheep and goats.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive: This Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News report was broadcast on 21 February 2001, on the day that the case was confirmed.