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Table 1 Summary of the active and resolved outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in South Africa between 2022 and 2023

From: One Health Economics approach to prevention and control of zoonotic and animal diseases - considerations for South Africa

Outbreak event

Province

Number of open outbreaks

Number of resolved outbreaks

Total number of outbreaks

Last reported outbreak

1

KwaZulu-Natal

120

2

123

31 January 2023

2

Limpopo (previous disease-free zone)

7

1

10

13 June 2022

3

North-West

17

2

17

31 January 2023

Free State

40

2

41

31 October 2022

Gauteng

4

3

7

15 September 2022

Mpumalanga

1

0

1

5 August 2022

Total

185

10

195

 
  1. Source: Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development [23]