Horse flu red zone restrictions to remain for months

Queensland's chief vet says he expects restrictions on horse movements in red zones in south-east Queensland to remain in place until June next year.
From today, free movement will be allowed in a new amber zone that includes the Maroochy Shire, Dalby and Stanthorpe, but horses will still need a permit to move out of the area.
Red zone restrictions have been completely lifted in Gympie, Goondiwindi and Nanango.
The state's chief vet, Ron Glanville, says while the threat of equine influenza has eased, strict biosecurity measures will continue into next year.
"We're looking at introducing changes progressively so that amber zone that we bring in this week, we're expecting that to go green like the rest of the state maybe in March," he said.
"The inner-red area that's still got infection in it. We're probably looking at that being completely free of restrictions sometime towards the end of June."