South Africa's Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine update: Allocations and current status

The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture provided an update on Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) interventions on Tuesday, where the allocations of vaccines and the current situation on FMD were presented.

Parliamentary's portfolio committee on agriculture provided an update on Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) interventions on Tuesday, where the allocations of vaccines and the current situation on FMD were presented.

The committee said that despite there still being current outbreaks of FMD, vaccines have been received and are being allocated.

“2.5 million FMD doses from Biogenesis Bago from Argentina have been received. A further 3.5 million doses were received in 2 batches over the past week.”

The committee added that 5.5 million doses from Dollvet (Turkey) have also been received, while a further 2 million doses are expected in early June.