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Deadly diseases: South Africaโ€™s sickly livestock

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14 February
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ. After months of torrential rain and as flood waters subside, disease-carrying insects proliferate. Some scientists are now predicting that highly contagious animal illnesses are on the horizon. As a country that was once a world leader in making animal vaccines, South Africa should be fields ahead in the prevention of these deadly diseases. But it isnโ€™t. Onderstepoort Biological Products, the sole provider of certain vital vaccines, is in deep trouble. Eight years after a multi-million-rand cash injection to upgrade this little-known National Key Point, itโ€™s on the brink of disaster. Carte Blanche investigates.