41.   Britain halted dairy, meat and livestock exports shortly after the first case was confirmed.

42.   But in the last two weeks, cases have been confirmed in two districts hundreds of miles from the town.

43.   Cases have been confirmed in the Kikwit-area villages of Musango, Vanga, Yassa Bonga, and Kenge.

44.   Cases have been confirmed in the villages of Musango, Vanga, Yassa Bonga, and Kenge, according to an international committee overseeing the response to the outbreak.

45.   Chief veterinary officer Jim Scudamore said cases had been confirmed in Wales, in Hereford in western England and in the northern English county of Lancashire.

46.   China announced it was barring imports of cloven-hoofed animals from Ireland and the Netherlands, which both confirmed cases of the disease last week.

47.   China announced it was barring imports of sheep, cattle and other cloven-hoofed animals from Ireland and the Netherlands, which both confirmed cases of the disease last week.

48.   Eighty-five case have been confirmed as E. coli poisoning, she said.

49.   Five cases have been confirmed in the Netherlands and two in France.

50.   Hartl said three other people were known to be infected with the virus, but no other cases have been confirmed so far.