NSW declared EI free

All properties in New South Wales have been declared free of equine influenza.

The outbreak began last August and at its peak more than 41,000 horses were infected with the flu.
New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald says the Government's containment and vaccination programs have been a success.
But he says authorities will continue to test horses to make sure there are no isolated pockets of the disease left.
"We believe that we've broken the back of it," he said.
"Quite clearly there's no known horses infected but we're taking a precautionary approach as required under international protocols to make sure there's no evidence of the disease existing outside of our knowledge."