FMD control measures lifted in Zambezi
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All control measures for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) were lifted in the Zambezi Region last week.
According to the agriculture ministry, these restrictive measures were imposed in the region as a result of an outbreak which occurred in Mbalasinte in the Kabbe South constituency last October.
“The last confirmed case was reported on 29 November 2022 and according to Namibia’s FMD contingency plan, restrictions in the infected zone can be lifted three months after the last confirmed case,” the ministry’s chief veterinary officer, Dr Albertina Shilongo, said.
“All FMD restrictive measures that were imposed as a result of the outbreak are therefore lifted with immediate effect.”
She added that, to date, a 92% mass vaccination of cattle in the affected area has been achieved.
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According to the agriculture ministry, these restrictive measures were imposed in the region as a result of an outbreak which occurred in Mbalasinte in the Kabbe South constituency last October.
“The last confirmed case was reported on 29 November 2022 and according to Namibia’s FMD contingency plan, restrictions in the infected zone can be lifted three months after the last confirmed case,” the ministry’s chief veterinary officer, Dr Albertina Shilongo, said.
“All FMD restrictive measures that were imposed as a result of the outbreak are therefore lifted with immediate effect.”
She added that, to date, a 92% mass vaccination of cattle in the affected area has been achieved.
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