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Namibia detects a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease

The viral disease was first detected in May in the Zambezi region bordering neighbour Zambia. [Courtesy]

Namibia has detected a new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the country that has infected thousands of cattle, the agriculture minister said in a statement on Thursday.

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