Brussels, 07/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - Despite the statements put forward by the United Kingdom aiming to reassure its partners over the development of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease that is affecting its territory, the Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) favoured, on Tuesday evening, the establishment, until 27 March, of additional precautionary measures: - the EU-wide ban on all transportation of sensitive animals, with the exception of direct journeys between two farms and from...