Delivering an update on the country's response to the FMD outbreak on Monday, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen said nearly 4.4 million animals had already been vaccinated by 28 May.
Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has said that South Africa is undertaking the largest Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccination programme in its history, with 13.5 million vaccine doses procured since February and a further 14 million doses approved for import.
Delivering an update on the country's response to the FMD outbreak on Monday, Steenhuisen said nearly 4.4 million animals had already been vaccinated by 28 May as government intensifies efforts to contain the disease and protect the livestock sector.
“This is the largest vaccine acquisition programme ever undertaken by the South African state,” he said.
Steenhuisen announced that 3.5 million doses of the Biogenesis Bago vaccine arrived in South Africa last week, significantly boosting vaccination efforts in affected and high-risk areas. The doses will be distributed among industry stakeholders, provincial governments and border vaccination programmes.
