The disease outbreak peaked in late September/early October 2007, and then declined as successful containment and eradication strategies were progressed. The last new infections of EI were reported in NSW and Qld in December 2007. In total approximately 6,000 properties and 47,000 horses were infected in NSW and at least 3,000 properties were infected in Qld. Current data from disease surveillance and monitoring indicates that no active infection is present in Australia and the expectation is that Australia will be declared EI-free by the end of June 2008; if successful, Australia will be the only EI infected country in the world to have eradicated the disease.