Horse flu on the wane, says NSW govt

The equine influenza (EI) epidemic has turned the corner, NSW Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald says, with some-high risk zones now declared less dangerous.

It is the first time since the outbreak of EI was detected on August 25 that high-risk zones have been downgraded in status, Mr Macdonald said.
Red zones in the western and north-western areas of the state, including parts of Coonamble, Moree Plains, Gwydir, Coonabarabran, Coolah and Dunedoo, will be moved to amber zone status.

"This is a turning point that the situation for the first time we're seeing areas move out of the high infection red zone into amber zones, where they are on watch essentially," Mr Macdonald told reporters in Sydney.
"This is the first positive change in zoning since the outbreak of the disease in late August," he said.

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