30 June 2024, DALRRD
South Africa had a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) free zone without vaccination prior to January 2019. Since January 2019, ten (10) outbreak events were reported in South Africa that compromised the status of the FMD free zone without vaccination. Five (5) of these FMD outbreak events were resolved and closed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), and five (5) FMD outbreak events are open.
The three (3) outbreak events that occurred prior to 2021 have been resolved and closed with the WOAH. The details of these outbreak events were captured in previous technical update reports and are available on request. The details of the outbreak events that occurred since 2021 are included in this report.