FMD ‘outpacing us’ due to vaccine delays, limited quantities, say EC farmers
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Eastern Cape farmers are growing increasingly frustrated with government’s handling of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, saying delays in vaccine supply and rollout have worsened an already damaging situation — even as new doses begin arriving in the…
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What happened
Eastern Cape farmers are growing increasingly frustrated with government’s handling of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, saying delays in vaccine supply and rollout have worsened an already damaging situation — even as new doses begin arriving in the…
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