The North's agriculture minister says she expects to bring proposals to ease restrictions due to foot-and-mouth by tomorrow.
Mrs Brid Rodgers said she intended to respond in a "proportionate and reasonable and effective manner", and called for continued vigilance on farms and at ports.
"I want to be able to see what relaxation we can bring in to ease the restrictions that are at present being suffered by the public in general and, indeed, by sporting bodies as well as by industry," she said.
This should always be "within the context of not moving too fast with the possible result of undoing all of the good and effective work that has been done with the support of the whole community and the [farming] industry".
The three km exclusion zone round the farm in Meigh, south Armagh, would be removed tomorrow and the 10 km surveillance zone would cease on April 6th. The Minister said there was little hope of payment for those affected more widely by the disease.
Dr Ian Paisley, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, asked the Minister if she could confirm that a suspected case in Ballymena had been declared clear of the disease.
Mrs Rodgers confirmed this was correct.