GABORONE, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Botswana has approved an emergency response fund of 97 million pula (about 7 million U.S. dollars) to prevent a potential outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) following official notifications from neighboring countries, Minister of Communications and Innovation David Tshere said on Tuesday.
In a live national address on Botswana Television in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, Tshere said that formal alerts from the governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe, where active FMD outbreaks are ongoing, prompted the urgent response.
