Overview
- Sader reports active animal cases down to 492 as of January 7, a 57% decline from December peaks attributed to inspections and sterile-fly releases.
- Estado de México confirmed its first animal case in a goat in Tlatlaya, with state health officials reporting no human infections and intensifying slaughterhouse and market inspections.
- Tamaulipas authorities confirmed a third case in the state’s south and deployed intensive door-to-door sweeps, treatment with ivermectin, and fumigation across 20–40 km zones.
- Nationally, authorities have confirmed 101 human myiasis cases, while export restrictions have sidelined over one million head of cattle and imposed an estimated $1.3 billion loss.
- The federal response includes expanded sterile-insect operations, a movement-control protocol, and a new Metapa, Chiapas plant targeting weekly output of 200 million sterile flies in the first half of the year.