Ray of hope for zone 6 and 7

The Minister of Agriculture, Christiaan De Graaf, has officially announced that the disease control project is drawing to a close with 99 percent of farmers already compensated and preparations for restocking well underway.

Bobirwa and Matsiloje regions are known as zones 6 and 7 respectively. It took almost four years before zone 7 could be officially declared FMD-free after the disease broke out in 2006. The new found status was short-lived as the disease recurred last year.