Onderstepoort was founded in 1898 by President Paul Kruger to combat the Rinderpest outbreak.
Between 1899 and 1901, in the midst of the Anglo-Boer war, it produced 2.5M doses of the Rinderpest vaccine.
Today, with the FMD outbreak, in 18 months, best they can do is 12000...
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen will visit the Agricultural Research Council Onderstepoort Veterinary Research to witness the finalisation of the first batch of locally produced FMD vaccines.
This is an important step in the fight against FMD and building local capacity 🇿🇦