Overview
- Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard says nearly all of the 750,000 bovines in the South‑West have been vaccinated against contagious nodular dermatitis.
- No cases have been recorded for roughly fifteen days, and officials report 90% of the national territory is free of active disease.
- The regulated zone in Bourgogne‑Franche‑Comté has been lifted, enabling the resumption of animal transport, sales and exports.
- A 20 January ministry update put vaccine coverage in the ten affected South‑West departments at 94.8%, or 684,473 animals.
- Authorities have begun easing rules as coverage rose, while farmer anger over earlier culling decisions continues to frame the debate.