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Government says it is managing foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks [SOUND]

# Government says the arrival of vaccines to combat the persistent foot-and-mouth disease will help contain the spread of the disease and enhance biosecurity. A total of 900-thousand vaccines purchased from the Botswana Vaccine Institute arrived in the country last week. FMD has been reported in KwaZulu-Natal, the most affected, Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga. Government spokesperson, Kgomotso Ranoto, says vaccination and quarantine of infected properties have started:

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