Cebu intensifies watch vs African Swine Fever after DA confirms first case in Rizal province

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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government's African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force will be doubling their efforts following the Agriculture department's announcement that the

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government’s African Swine Fever Task Force will be doubling their efforts following the Agriculture department’s announcement that the hog deaths in Rizal province last August were due to ASF.With ASF’s mortality rate of up to 100 percent, a P10.9-billion hog industry is at stake in Cebu.

“I am asking the ASF Task Force to remain on full guard and the public for full support. I have scheduled an emergency meeting of the ASF Task Force tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10th, at 6:00 p.m.,” Garcia added.Garcia creates Provincial African Swine Fever Task Force to monitor airport, over 100 seaports in Cebu

In an Inquirer.net report, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said that 7,416 pigs within a one-kilometer radius from the farms with hog deaths have been depopulated.

 

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