Restrictions on the movement of livestock will be relaxed across most of the United Kingdom but will remain in south-east England, the British government said.
Although a seventh case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed yesterday, it is within the existing Egham Protection Zone in Surrey.
A police road block at the entrance to Baylham House Rare Breeds Farm in Suffolk, where a second cow tested positive for bluetongue. Image: PA.
The risk of foot-and-mouth spreading in Wales, Scotland and much of England is now considered low, and from this afternoon, some movement restrictions will be relaxed, allowing farm-to-farm movements.
Britain's chief vet, Debby Reynolds, said: "Our aim is to get farming back to normal when the risk is acceptable to do so." She said livestock markets will not go ahead this week.
A surveillance zone covering parts of East Anglia and the East Midlands has also been put in place to monitor bluetongue after a second animal was found to have contracted the disease at the farm where Britain's first case of the disease was discovered.
Tests are continuing on farm animals and midges in Suffolk to see if bluetongue, which is transmitted by biting insects, has spread any further.