Brucella canis - ongoing incident

Dear Dr Buckley,

Thank you for your email of 20 April 2024 to the UK Health Security Agency
(UKHSA) regarding a Brucella canis incident. I work on the team that
handles enquiries and have been asked to respond to your request.

For reference purposes, you raised a query about the Brucella canis
incident mentioned in this Freedom of Information request: [1]603 FOI
Brucella canis cases among humans in the UK.pdf (whatdotheyknow.com). I
can confirm the incident remains under investigation and has yet to be
closed. We are therefore not in a position to respond to your original
questions in relation to case numbers in 2023.

Yours sincerely,

Scott

Enquiries Team 

Parliamentary and Public Accountability Team (PPAT) 

UK Health Security Agency  

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[3]www.gov.uk/ukhsa  Follow us on Twitter @UKHSA 

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From: Ms Buckley <[5][FOI #1120667 email]>
Sent: 20 April 2024 13:29
To: Information Rights <[6][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Brucella canis - ongoing
incident

Dear UK Health Security Agency,

Please can you tell me whether the ongoing incident referred to in:
[7]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...
has closed yet?

Yours faithfully,

Dr Buckley

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