Minister Steenhuisen calls on provinces to speed up vaccinations as more FMD vaccines arrive in SA [SOUND]

# Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, is calling on all provincial departments to prioritise vaccinating as many animals as possible over the coming weeks. This follows the arrival of the first batch of a 3.5-million-dose consignment of Biogénesis Bagó foot-and-mouth disease vaccines. This is the largest single consignment of FMD vaccines ever imported into South Africa. The department’s spokesperson, Joylene van Wyk, says defeating FMD requires a unified national effort across government, industry and farming communities: