Overview

• The confirmed infection was found in an eight-month-old cow in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, after the animal was moved from southern Mexico.
• The USDA closed U.S. ports to imports of Mexican cattle, buffalo and horses as an immediate protective step.
• More than 8,000 traps are being monitored in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, and 13,000 samples have tested negative for the pest in U.S. territory so far.
• Plans advancing include a sterile-fly plant in Edinburg, Texas, with capacity to release up to 300 million flies per week, weekly dispersal of 100 million in Mexico and reactivation of the Metapa facility in Chiapas.
• USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins called the threat a national security priority and said the U.S. will act without Mexican cooperation if necessary, while President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico has taken all possible measures and urged decisions based on a forthcoming U.S. technical report.