Overview
- Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen received one million high‑potency doses from Biogénesis Bagó at OR Tambo International Airport.
- Government plans to vaccinate the entire national herd, requiring about 28 million doses with a target of 80% coverage by December to help restore export markets.
- Biogénesis Bagó expects to ship five million more doses by the end of March, with supplies also drawn from the Botswana Vaccine Institute and upcoming consignments from Turkey.
- Authorities report more than two million doses already administered nationwide, with daily vaccinations continuing.
- Private veterinarians are being registered to administer shots under the Animal Diseases Act as the ARC restarts domestic production at 20,000 doses a week, scaling toward 200,000 a week by 2027.