Strictly handle organizations and individuals violating regulations on African swine fever prevention
(Baonghean.vn) - As of May 12, 29 provinces and cities nationwide had pigs infected with African Swine Fever (ASF), with more than 1.2 million pigs having to be destroyed. Nghe An also had over 400 pigs destroyed, and the entire province currently has 15 communes and 6 districts with outbreaks that have not passed 30 days.
On the morning of May 13, under the chairmanship of comrades:Trinh Dinh Dung - Deputy Prime Minister; Nguyen Xuan Cuong - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Head of the Steering Committee, National Steering Committee for African Swine Fever Prevention and Control (ASF) held an online conference with 63 provinces and cities nationwide to assess the situation and deploy epidemic prevention solutions. Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired at the Nghe An province bridge.
Many localities have had a resurgence of the disease.
Notice on the current situation of DTLCP,Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong said: Never before has Vietnam's pig farming industry faced a dangerous epidemic, with no medicine to prevent or cure, like the current African swine fever. With a highly toxic virus and extremely fast spreading speed, African swine fever has been threatening to wipe out the pig farming industry of many countries, including Vietnam.
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| Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung requested ministries, branches and localities to coordinate and resolutely prevent and control ASF. Photo: Nongnghiep.vn |
As of May 12, the whole country had 204 districts and 2,300 communes in 29 provinces and cities with pigs infected with ASF; the number of pigs that had to be destroyed was more than 1.2 million; of which 29 communes in 12 provinces with the epidemic had declared the end of the epidemic but then many communes had a recurrence of the epidemic. Notably, ASF not only caused harm to small-scale livestock farms, but also attacked large-scale livestock farms. The whole country had 18 concentrated livestock farms with a scale of over 1,000 infected pigs, forcing them to be destroyed.
In Nghe An, from the first outbreak detected at a household in Quynh My commune, Quynh Luu on March 12, up to now, there have been 29 more households in 10 districts, 21 communes, over 400 pigs infected with ASF that had to be destroyed; the whole province currently has 15 communes, 6 districts with outbreaks that have not passed 30 days, the epidemic tends to arise in many communes and districts in the province.
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| Comrade Dinh Viet Hong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Phu Huong |
Resolutely fight the epidemic in accordance with the Government's direction
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung emphasized: The current epidemic is spreading, evolving very complicatedly, and is not yet under control. Besides many localities that have actively prevented the epidemic, there are still localities that have not been proactive, even taking it lightly, entrusting it to the veterinary force; Epidemic prevention work still has many difficulties and shortcomings, and the awareness of some households is still limited, causing the risk of pollution and the virus spreading widely.
Meanwhile, the rainy and sunny weather, erratic temperature and humidity make the risk of disease spreading faster and harder to control. On the other hand, many localities are continuing to merge veterinary systems at all levels, making it more difficult to prevent and control diseases.
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| Spraying disinfectant chemicals inside and outside the epidemic area in Dien Chau district. Photo: Quang An |
The Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to continue to implement more drastic and synchronous prevention solutions in accordance with the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister. In particular, proactively detect early, report and announce epidemics in accordance with regulations. Mobilize local forces to participate in timely handling when there is an epidemic, avoid leaving it for a long time, dumping carcasses into the environment, causing pollution and spreading the epidemic. In particular, timely support funding for pig farmers whose pigs must be destroyed, ensuring publicity and transparency so that people can confidently implement epidemic prevention measures.
The Deputy Prime Minister also requested strict measures to handle organizations and individuals who violate epidemic prevention regulations.It is necessary to identify epidemic prevention as the task of the entire political system. The Steering Committee must regularly organize inter-sectoral working groups to localities to direct the implementation of epidemic prevention.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is assigned to coordinate with relevant ministries and branches to propose feasible support policies for people and businesses whose pigs have been culled, suitable to the new situation.
The National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control also requested the Prime Minister to approve scientific and technological tasks to serve the work of Avian Influenza prevention and control and international cooperation, transfer or purchase of Avian Influenza vaccine production technology from international organizations and foreign enterprises.
