South Africa launches nationwide vaccination against FMD

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Africa on Friday launched a nationwide vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to protect the country's livestock industry and agricultural economy, local media reported.

During a visit to a farm near Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal Province, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen said that mass vaccination remains the government's primary strategy to effectively contain the outbreak, according to TimesLIVE news site.