Why is African swine fever spreading throughout Dien Chau district?

By the end of October 14, the total number of hamlets with sick pigs was 275 (of 38/39 communes in Dien Chau), with 3,051 households, the number of pigs destroyed was over 14,028, accounting for 35% of the total herd of the district with a weight of 608,259 kg.

Destroy sows infected with African swine fever in Dien Phu commune.

The above situation stems from a subjective attitude and lack of determination in epidemic prevention in some localities. The control checkpoints to prevent epidemics are only maintained in communes where the epidemic has just occurred, while other communes where the epidemic has not passed 30 days are mostly negligent or do not pay attention to the work of monitoring checkpoints. There are some checkpoints and signs warning of African swine fever that no longer exist or have been broken.

38/39 communes and towns in Dien Chau have African swine fever. Graphics: Lam Tung

Currently, the People's Committee of Dien Chau district has supported funding for the prevention and control of African swine fever with more than 1 billion 138 million VND, provided more than 4,500 liters of chemicals, 119 tons of lime powder to conduct 5 rounds of disinfection at anti-epidemic checkpoints and around barns and walkways, however the epidemic has not shown signs of being controlled.

The Provincial People's Committee supported the destruction cost for people and communes in Dien Chau in 3 phases with a total amount of more than 2 billion 923 million VND. In addition, the communes allocated a fund for epidemic prevention of more than 2 billion 285 million VND. However, epidemic prevention is not effective and there is a risk of spreading pathogens.

The African swine fever checkpoint in Dien Hai commune was left open, with no one on guard, and the checkpoint bar was broken and lying on the road.

Mai Giang