Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee inspects and directs urgent work on African swine fever prevention

On the morning of June 22, comrade Tran Ngoc Tu - Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee led a working delegation to inspect the prevention situation in localities where African swine fever has occurred.

Currently, in Yen Giang block, Vinh Tan ward and hamlets 10 and 14, Nghi Lien commune (Vinh city), there is an outbreak of African swine fever with 25 infected pigs that have been destroyed. Vinh city has established 1 fixed epidemic control post in Trung Do ward and 2 mobile quarantine posts in Hung Chinh commune and Nghi Lien commune.

In addition, Vinh Tan ward and Nghi Lien commune also set up 7 quarantine checkpoints around the area with African swine fever outbreak to control livestock transportation and disinfect vehicles entering and exiting the epidemic area.

Mr. Tran Ngoc Tu - Chairman of the City People's Committee inspected slaughterhouses in Hung Chinh. Photo: HQ

The delegation inspected the slaughtering activities at the concentrated slaughterhouse in Hung Chinh commune; inspected the control of livestock transportation at fixed disease control checkpoints and mobile checkpoints in localities...

The leaders of Vinh City People's Committee have urgently directed inter-sectoral forces and commune and ward authorities to focus on monitoring the situation of livestock slaughtering activities and the development of African swine fever.

Spraying disinfectant in an area with African swine fever in Nghi Lien - Vinh City. Photo: HQ

At the same time, functional forces are required to assign personnel to appropriate checkpoints and use professional measures to closely monitor and supervise the buying, selling, and transportation of pigs and pork to promptly prevent the disease from spreading widely.