Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announced on Sunday that 2 million Dollvet vaccines arrived at O R Tambo International Airport to boost the battle against Foot and Mouth Disease.
South Africa’s fight against the ongoing outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) received a major boost this weekend with the arrival of two million Dollvet vaccine doses, while local vaccine production is also beginning to gain momentum.
Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announced on Sunday that the latest shipment of Dollvet vaccines had arrived in the country, strengthening efforts to contain the disease and protect the livestock industry.
The development was welcomed by the Red Meat Industry Services (RMIS), which said a steady supply of vaccines remains critical to the success of the national vaccination campaign.
Steenhuisen said the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was making encouraging progress in rebuilding local vaccine production capacity, bottling 20,000 vaccines with the process commencing for the bottling of another 20,000 before the end of June.
