This New York Times article says that Russia, Thailand and Hong Kong have joined the others in banning all imports of U.S. beef. Also, McDonald's, Burger King and Wal-Mart Stores quickly said they did not believe they had received meat from the animal.

An interesting coincidence? From the same New York Times article:

The diagnosis in Washington State came just a week after a federal appeals court in New York revived a lawsuit brought by an animal rights group that says that the Agriculture Department has not done enough to protect consumers from mad cow disease. The group, Farm Sanctuary, maintained in a 1998 lawsuit that the government's policy of allowing the slaughter of animals that cannot walk poses a significant health risk to consumers. A judge threw out the suit, saying the danger was remote, but the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned that decision last week.