Bluetongue Protection Zone to be Extended
Defra have announced that the Protection Zone has been extended to cover the District of Selby, the Unitary Authority of York, West Yorkshire (made up of the metropolitan boroughs of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield), Derbyshire (including Derby), Staffordshire (including Stoke-on-Trent) and West Midlands (made up of the metropolitan boroughs of Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.The change follows delivery of additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine.
This declaration comes into force on the 14 July 2008 at 00.01.
The Declaration of a Protection Zone and a Surveillance Zone made at 16:00 on 2 July 2008 under the Bluetongue Regulations 2008 will be replaced by this declaration.