Forty mad cow deaths to date

05 May 1999

Forty ‘mad cow’ deaths to date

THE total number of Britons who have died from the human equivalent of mad cow disease remains at 40, according to official figures released yesterday.

A total of 16 people died last year from the disease, a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

• The Independent 05/05/02/99 page 6 (In Brief)