Overview

• The prefecture confirmed three initial outbreaks on October 15 in the Valmanya area of the Canigou massif, triggering department-wide surveillance.
• A 20-kilometre protection zone is in place around the outbreaks with a ban on animal movements and planned sanitary visits to all farms.
• All cattle on outbreak farms must be slaughtered, and Le Parisien reports a possible fourth outbreak with about 100 animals expected to be culled.
• The disease does not infect humans and spreads among cattle via infected animals and biting insects such as horseflies and other flies.
• Earlier detection in Catalonia led to initial surveillance from October 4, and recent cases in eastern France, including the Jura, have heightened vigilance.