Tests show the sickened animal so far has tested negative, but final results are not expected for a few days. Fear of the disease spreading has led to thousands of animals being slaughtered. VOA's Laurie Kassman is following the story from London and spoke with NewsNow's Elizabeth Arrott. With the scare in Belgium, that seems to highlight that this really is becoming a European Union, with the opening of the markets, that this has brought up a whole new level of fear. They have banned the import of British animals and meat products.
Officials say that's the good news, because they can trace it back to still only one single source.
If they can eradicate that. They may be clear. That must be an unpopular farmer. He had actually been inspected several times before, for an unclean farm and for some illegal practices. But, at this point, the most important priority for the officials is to try eradicate the virus.