For the period October 2017 to December 2017, a total of 79 samples were submitted to the WRLFMD for FMDV detection and serotyping from Botswana, Ghana, Hong Kong, Malawi, Namibia, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

There were 45 outstanding samples from Pakistan that were received in the July to September 2017 period thatw ere also tested.