FMD Cases Reach 131 in //Kharas as Vaccination Campaign Intensifies

Namibian authorities said foot-and-mouth disease in the //Kharas Region remained confined to the Karasburg State Veterinary District, with 131 positive cases on 18 infected farms. The outbreak involves the SAT 1 serotype, first confirmed in the region on 23 September, and officials are carrying out trace-back and trace-forward investigations while enforcing livestock movement controls. A compulsory vaccination campaign began on 17 October, with 19 teams deployed to vaccinate about 13,000 cattle; by 28 October, 7,402 cattle had been vaccinated across 81 farms, mainly south of the B3 road and along the C10 toward Ai-Ais.