Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, the Gauteng MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD), and John Steenhuisen, the Minister of Agriculture, led a ministerial foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccination outreach campaign in Katlehong on the East Rand, Johannesburg, on Saturday, 7 March. During this event, over 200 cattle were vaccinated and tagged as part of the government’s intensified response to FMD.
Ramokgopa said there have been claims about alternative remedies and vaccines being sold on the black market, similar to misinformation seen during the Covid-19 pandemic. “People are trying to take advantage of vulnerable, desperate farmers,” Ramokgopa said.
“There are no other vaccines available besides those provided for free by government through state and private veterinarians.
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