Localities need to add appropriate solutions for each African swine fever epidemic area.

In recent times, localities, departments, and branches have actively implemented many solutions to prevent and control the epidemic, contributing to minimizing the damage caused by African swine fever (ASF). However, the ASF situation in the country and in Nghe An province is very complicated and spreading rapidly.

In some localities, especially at the commune, village and hamlet levels, the implementation of measures to isolate, suppress and prevent the spread of the disease is still being taken lightly, subjective, indecisive and unscientific; lessons have not been learned and timely adjustments to disease prevention measures have not been made.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy inspects at the checkpoint in Quynh Hung commune (Quynh Luu). Photo: Xuan Hoang

Complete support documents for livestock owners

For the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns: It is recommended to review and evaluate the solutions that have been implemented in the work of disease prevention and control to gain experience and make appropriate adjustments to the conditions and characteristics of the locality in order to improve the effectiveness of the work of preventing and controlling DTLCP; Identify areas with complicated epidemic developments and widespread spread to focus on strong solutions to prevent and control the epidemic.

Urge and direct officials in charge of communes to regularly inspect and supervise the work of preventing and controlling DTLCP in the localities, especially the work of being on duty at temporary quarantine checkpoints, spraying disinfectants, declaring, transmitting and sending samples...

Notification content

Proactively prepare all conditions to ensure prevention of DTLCP such as 10% Iodine chemicals, lime powder, protective equipment... to promptly respond to disease prevention and control, especially in areas with complicated epidemic developments and widespread nature.

Urgently complete the documents to support livestock owners whose pigs were destroyed due to ASF according to regulations, send them to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for inspection and appraisal to submit to the Provincial People's Committee for approval and timely payment.

Strengthening propaganda work

For local authorities of communes, wards and towns, comrade Thai Thanh Quy suggested further strengthening the propaganda work about ASF to livestock breeders, consumers, people participating in disinfection, sterilization, investigation and declaration in epidemic areas... focusing on the characteristics, causes, transmission routes, and ways to prevent the disease...

Localities ensure prevention of ASF such as 10% Iodine chemicals, lime powder, protective equipment... Photo: Xuan Hoang

Direct villages and hamlets to immediately conduct surveys and assessments of risks and causes of potential disease spread in the locality such as water sources and food sources for pigs to promptly have solutions for prevention and control; in the work of destroying infected pigs, prioritize the use of local forces and means to minimize the possibility of disease spread; thoroughly implement each village, hamlet and household as the main basis for disease prevention and control.

Strengthen the role and responsibility of grassroots leaders (secretaries, hamlet chiefs) in directing and grasping the situation of epidemics in the area to promptly advise on epidemic prevention; grasp and fully update demographic information, information of households raising pigs in the area; citizens coming from other places, especially from areas with ASF, people working in slaughtering, transporting, trading pigs and pork products to minimize the source of disease transmission.

Organize environmental disinfection (village roads, alleys, public places), instruct livestock households to increase hygiene, disinfection, limit people entering and exiting pig farming areas... according to instructions from specialized agencies.

Step by step control of the epidemic

Localities promptly and seriously evaluate, learn from experience, adjust and supplement appropriate solutions for each region and each outbreak in the area.

Arrange temporary quarantine checkpoints reasonably in number and location, ensure seriousness, sufficient force, on duty 24/24 hours (including holidays, Saturdays, Sundays); disinfection pits of the right size, always ensure enough humidity, enough lime powder, chemicals and fillers (straw, rice husks, bagasse, ...) according to instructions.

Households proactively prevent the spread of disease. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development continues to synchronously deploy disease prevention measures; strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of disease prevention and control tasks at the grassroots level. Coordinate with localities to identify areas with complicated disease developments and widespread spread, propose solutions to increase support to gradually control the disease.