African swine fever surrounds Vinh City, risk of 'breaking out' of control
(Baonghean.vn) - Up to now, African swine fever has invaded 11 wards and communes in Vinh City, forcing the city to destroy a record number of pigs.
Up to now, Vinh City has had 11 wards and communes infected with African swine fever with 248 households recording pigs testing positive for the disease.
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| Vinh City has destroyed over 125 tons of pigs within 1 month of the epidemic returning. Photo: Quang An |
Localities with the epidemic include: Nghi Lien, Nghi Kim, Hung Dong, Dong Vinh, Hung Chinh, Cua Nam, Vinh Tan, Hung Dung, Nghi Duc, Nghi Phu and Nghi An.
It is worth mentioning that this re-epidemic is very large in scale and extremely complicated, difficult to control. The number of pigs destroyed is many times higher than the previous epidemic. Specifically, in the first epidemic that lasted nearly 3 months (from June 1 to August 19), 6 wards and communes were affected, the number of pigs destroyed was 150, the total weight destroyed was 10,049 kg (over 10 tons).
The total number of pigs destroyed in the city is up to 1,845, with a total destroyed weight of 125,477 kg (over 125 tons), 12 times higher than the previous outbreak.
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| The situation of selling pork on the sidewalk continues on the streets of Vinh City. Photo: Quang An |
Currently, the epidemic is very complicated and there is a risk of "breaking out" of control in the communes of Nghi Kim, Hung Chinh, Hung Dong... almost every day there are sick pigs dying in these localities.
It can be seen that African swine fever has now surrounded most of the suburban areas of the city. Some communes such as Hung Loc, Hung Hoa... although there is no epidemic yet, must raise the highest warning level because neighboring localities have been invaded by the epidemic.
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| African swine fever has "surrounded" Vinh city. Graphics: Quang An |
The reason for the outbreak is the impact of the recent floods that caused water sources containing pathogens to enter suburban areas. In addition, the epidemic prevention and control work in some wards and communes is still in a coping nature, there is still a situation of selling pork offal on the roadside, sidewalks and people using garbage water to feed pigs even though this is one of the prohibitions when the epidemic is happening.
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