{"id":32184,"date":"2026-04-16T18:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32184"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:44:18","slug":"zambia-confirms-fmd-outbreak-in-western-province","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zambia-confirms-fmd-outbreak-in-western-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia confirms FMD outbreak in Western Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia has confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in seven districts of Western Province, prompting immediate restrictions on livestock movement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Principal Director of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Charles Maseka, says laboratory tests have verified the presence of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have since moved to contain the spread by banning the movement of cloven-hoofed animals and related products into and out of the affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maseka says the government has also dispatched 35 000 vaccine doses, with vaccination efforts already underway in some districts as part of a broader containment strategy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29532,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32184","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zambia has confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease","published_date":"2026-04-16 18:42:59","news_description":"Zambia has confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32185,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32184\/revisions\/32185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}