The aggressive action we took across the Trump administration and with our state and local partners bought us almost a year of critical time to prepare for what happened yesterday. We have now activated our new World Screwworm response playbook which includes detailed protocols and procedures for just this scenario. We've established a 20 kilometer zone around the detection and implementing quarantines, movement controls and surveillance in the region. In fact, I'll be there next week. (08:02–08:11)
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Asserts that a response playbook for the New World screw worm has been activated.
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