# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has announced the first mass vaccination of poultry in South Africa to protect the local flock from bird flu. Fifty animal health technicians have been appointed on short-term contracts to help with the vaccination rollout. Meanwhile, Steenhuisen says his department has also procured vaccines from Botswana for 72-million-rand to combat foot-and-mouth disease. He says this will cover the KwaZulu Natal area, while assessment, as well as forward and backward tracing of the outbreak in Gauteng, is ongoing:
Minister Steenhuisen announces first-ever bird flu mass vaccination of poultry in SA [SOUND]
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