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writes Tom Wilkinson of the Press Association. On February 19 2001, the highly-contagious virus was detected at an Essex abattoir, and over weeks and months it spread around the country, leading to six million farm animals being culled. Farmers went into self-isolation to prevent disease spread and children were kept off school – and people were told to keep away from the countryside, effectively shutting it down. Funeral pyres burned on farms across the country, a general election was delayed, sporting fixtures were postponed and the Army had to be brought in to help. Although stri...
Lessons can be learned from the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak on how to rebuild after devastating social and economic loss caused by a virus, people who lived through it have said. On February 19 2001, the highly-contagious virus was detected at an Essex abattoir, and over weeks and months it spread around the country, leading to six million farm animals being culled. Farmers went into self-isolation to prevent disease spread and children were kept off school - and people were told to keep away from the countryside, effectively shutting it down. Funeral pyres burned on farms across the...
The outbreak began on February 19 2001 and the parallels with coronavirus have struck many of those who lived through it.