Japan - Miyazaki ends foot-and-mouth emergency
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20100728TDY03T04.htm
28-Jul-2010 (15 years 10 months 10 days ago)The Miyazaki prefectural government has lifted its state of emergency concerning foot-and-mouth disease, which had broken out among livestock in the prefecture.
The state of emergency officially ended at midnight Monday and was announced shortly thereafter, in the early minutes of Tuesday morning, by Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru in front of the prefectural government building.
With the removal of the prefecture's last remaining restricted areas, centered on a livestock barn in Miyazaki city recognized as the site of the 285th case of infection, pig farmers in Miyazaki resumed shipments of pigs.
The state of emergency officially ended at midnight Monday and was announced shortly thereafter, in the early minutes of Tuesday morning, by Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru in front of the prefectural government building.
With the removal of the prefecture's last remaining restricted areas, centered on a livestock barn in Miyazaki city recognized as the site of the 285th case of infection, pig farmers in Miyazaki resumed shipments of pigs.