Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy directed the work of preventing African swine fever at the grassroots level.
(Baonghean.vn) - Inspecting the work of preventing and controlling African swine fever in localities, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy asked: With sufficient human resources and material resources, why is African swine fever still spreading widely in some localities?
On the afternoon of June 22, Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected the work of preventing African swine fever and drowning black spots in the localities: Quynh Luu, Dien Chau and Yen Thanh. Accompanying him were leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
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| Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected the checkpoint of Quynh Hung commune (Quynh Luu). Photo: Xuan Hoang |
In Quynh Luu district, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy inspected the work of preventing African swine fever in Quynh Hung commune, the locality that has just re-announced the African swine fever epidemic. Through the inspection, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged that the locality has done a good job of setting up epidemic control checkpoints and seriously dispatching forces to the checkpoints.
However, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reminded the locality to regularly check the assigned forces on duty at the checkpoints, because this is a commune where the epidemic has recurred.
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| The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee met with Mr. Tran Huy Hong, Head of Hamlet 6, Dien Xuan Commune, to grasp the situation of African swine fever prevention in the locality. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
In Dien Chau district, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee visited Dien Xuan commune, one of the three hot spots of African swine fever in Dien Chau district at present. Arriving at hamlet 6, Dien Xuan commune, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee learned specifically about the quantity of chemicals and lime powder that had been provided and the direction of disease prevention.
After gathering information from the grassroots, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee was worried: Dien Xuan Commune has 10 hamlets, but 9 hamlets have had outbreaks, which is worrying. If there is no drastic direction, there is a risk of affecting the local pig herd.
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| The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee reminded the authorities of Dien Xuan commune and Dien Chau district to review the epidemic prevention work in the past time. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Yen Thanh district is the locality with the highest number of African swine fever-positive communes in the province, with 23 communes. Among them, many communes have multiple outbreaks.
In Xuan Thanh commune, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee suggested that the hamlet level plays a big role in disease prevention, so hamlet officials need to grasp very specifically what each person does for a living and where they live, in order to have effective propaganda methods. Otherwise, the people themselves will carry the disease back to infect their pigs.
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| The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee noted that the Xuan Thanh commune government should direct hamlets to have effective propaganda methods. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Chemicals, lime powder and human resources are sufficient, so why is African swine fever still spreading widely? Therefore, local authorities must review the way of directing the prevention and control of the epidemic. Communes must understand the characteristics of the terrain and people's awareness to have more specific and closer disease prevention solutions. When the cause of the epidemic spread is understood, the epidemic control work will be effective.
The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to review the localities that are hotspots of African swine fever to have a plan to provide additional disinfectants and protective gear. At the same time, he requested communes and districts to allocate reserve budgets to serve the epidemic prevention work.
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| Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee questioned localities with complicated developments of African swine fever. Graphics: Quang An |
In addition to inspecting the work of preventing African swine fever, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also inspected black spots of drowning in Quynh Hung commune (Quynh Luu) and Bac Thanh commune (Yen Thanh), where a tragic drowning incident recently occurred, killing 5 students at Trai Xanh dam, Bac Thanh commune.
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| Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy inspected drowning prevention work at Trai Xanh dam, Bac Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
Comrade Thai Thanh Quy noted that localities must put up warning signs of danger in river, lake and dam areas; and at the same time, assign guards, especially at Trai Xanh dam.
From March 13 to June 21, 2019, African swine fever occurred in 1,365 households in 306 hamlets of 121 communes in 18 districts, towns and cities: Quynh Luu (14 communes), Tan Ky (04 communes), Hoang Mai Town (05 wards and communes), Nam Dan (01 commune), Do Luong (06 communes), Quy Hop (02 communes), Quy Chau (02 communes), Nghi Loc (13 communes), Dien Chau (20 communes), Hung Nguyen (4 communes), Ky Son (15 communes), Yen Thanh (23 communes), Vinh City (02 wards and communes), Con Cuong (02 communes), Tuong Duong (03 communes), Que Phong (03 communes), Anh Son (01 commune), Thanh Chuong (01 commune).
Total number of sick pigs destroyed: 5,293. Total weight of destroyed pigs: 231,657.5 kg.
