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DA welcomes minister Aucamp’s swift action against allegations of FMD vaccine pricing [SOUND]

# The DA has commanded minister of Agriculture, Willie Aucamp, for his swift action over allegations of pricing of foot and mouth disease vaccines. This comes as the Onderstepoort Biological Products board has placed its acting CEO, doctor Jacob Modumo, on precautionary suspension. According to GroundUp, OBP allegedly bought FMD vaccines from Biogénesis Bagó in Argentina at 45-rand and sold them for between 70-rand and 130-rand. The DA’s Desiree van der Walt says South African cannot afford to be burdened by potentially exorbitant vaccine markups:

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