Mass vaccination campaign for foot-and-mouth

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a crisis and the government is acting decisively, says Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen.

- Marizka Coetzer

He said the agriculture department's concrete actions include aggressive vaccination with what he describes as the largest inoculation strategy yet.

“In June and August, Onderstepoort Biological Products received a total of 901 200 doses of vaccines to the value of over R70 million bought from the Botswana Vaccine Institute (BVI).

“In October 2025, a total of 644 000 doses of FMD SAT-strain vaccine arrived from the BVI. More doses will be delivered before the end of the year.”