Namibia: FMD - Govt Was Warned
[Namibian] Why did it not act sooner?
Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform received warnings about cattle crossing from South Africa into the country months prior to the recent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the Kharas region. Sources suggest this raises questions about the government's response time in preventing the disease's entry.
The Ministry had deployed 50 staff members to monitor livestock movement from Botswana and South Africa and erected a veterinary cordon fence to curb the risk of FMD. Despite these precautionary measures, the outbreak has now put the N$8-billion agriculture sector at risk, prompting calls for the government to act sooner.
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