1 FACT SHEET ON RIFT VALLEY FEVER 1. Introduction An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has been confirmed in Lejweleputswa and other districts in the Free State province. Rift Valley Fever is a viral zoonosis that primarily affects animals, but it also has the capacity to infect humans. 6. Prevention and Control of Rift Valley Fever Rift Valley Fever can be prevented by observing the following measures: 1. Avoid contact with infected animals, particularly body fluids.
There have been confirmed cases of Rift Valley fever in animals in the Oudtshoorn area.>The Western Cape Department of Agriculture also confirmed today that two alpacas have died from Rift Valley fever on a farm in Simondium, outside Paarl in the Western Cape.
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>Notwithstanding the strategic application of 40 000 doses of Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine sponsored by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture in the Murraysburg District of the Karoo, RVF has spread to the Beaufort West District in the Western Cape.>The first cases were detected on our northern border with the Northern Cape province where two Jersey cattle died acutely.
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