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writes Tom Wilkinson of the Press Association. On February 19 2001, the highly-contagious virus was detected at an Essex abattoir, and over weeks and months it spread around the country, leading to six million farm animals being culled. Farmers went into self-isolation to prevent disease spread and children were kept off school – and people were told to keep away from the countryside, effectively shutting it down. Funeral pyres burned on farms across the country, a general election was delayed, sporting fixtures were postponed and the Army had to be brought in to help. Although stringent measures were brought in for life-stock holders, Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) spread rapidly and the Government was criticised for its slow response.
Foot-and-mouth outbreak s parallels with Covid pandemic
By Catherine Lee
image captionMillions of animals were slaughtered and incinerated during the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak
It was a rapidly-spreading virus, with stringent measures taken to contain its transmission. It delayed elections and had a huge economic impact. Sound familiar?
On 19 February 2001 a case of foot-and-mouth disease was discovered at an abattoir in Essex.
By the time the outbreak was declared over it had spread across the British countryside and more than six million sheep, cattle and pigs had been slaughtered.
There had been major disruption nationally and, although the disease did not leap to humans, the overall cost to the UK economy was estimated at £8bn.
Lessons can be learned from the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak on how to rebuild after devastating social and economic loss caused by a virus, people who lived through it have said. On February 19 2001, the highly-contagious virus was detected at an Essex abattoir, and over weeks and months it spread around the country, leading to six million farm animals being culled. Farmers went into self-isolation to prevent disease spread and children were kept off school - and people were told to keep away from the countryside, effectively shutting it down. Funeral pyres burned on farms across the country, a general election was delayed, sporting fixtures were postponed and the Army had to be brought in to help.