>At least three people have been confirmed to have contracted the Rift Valley fever (RVF), which has affected the Middelburg and Hofmeyer areas.>According to a report from State Veterinarians in the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, a veterinarian and his assistant who conducted the first post mortem in Middelburg where the outbreak was first confirmed, tested positive with RFV.
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>Seven more human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) have been confirmed by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), increasing the number of infected people to 39.>The RVF which has been confined to two provinces - Free State and Northern Cape - since the first human laboratory case was confirmed on 13 February 2010 has spread to the Eastern Cape province.>Of the 39 cases, 34 are in Free State, three in Eastern Cape and two in Northern Cape.
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>The Western Cape Department of Agriculture today confirmed that Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) has significantly increased its Rift Valley fever vaccine production.>It is building up an adequate quantity of inactive RVF vaccine. Currently OBP has more than five million doses of live Rift Valley fever vaccine, but this type of vaccine may cause abortions in pregnant animals.
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>The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries dispatched veterinary professionals to manage the outbreak of Rift Valley Fever working in collaboration with the provincial departments of agriculture.>Through the department's Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, vaccination of livestock in the affected areas was intensified.
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