FMD restrictions could ease before festive season
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Foot-and-mouth disease restrictions in Namibia may be eased before December. Chief veterinary officer Kenneth Shoombe stated this is possible if no new cases appear outside affected areas. Surveillance teams have not found any cases beyond the original epicenters since monitoring began. These restrictions could be lifted before the festive season.
Namibians could get a break from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) restrictions before the festive season if no new cases are detected outside the affected areas. Chief veterinary officer Kenneth Shoombe says veterinary officials may review the restrictions before December if the disease remains contained. Shoombe says surveillance teams have not detected any FMD cases outside the areas where the outbreaks were confirmed. “We are now in November, the 4th of November. Since we have started the surveillance, we have not picked up any case outside of the epicentre,” he said during an FMD fund donation handover ceremony in response to questions
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