“I think there is no need to worry considering that the DA secretary has not cautioned us not to avoid or not to eat, or to avoid,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing.The DA revealed Monday that 14 out of 20 blood samples from sick pigs that eventually died in local piggeries tested positive of ASF.Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte has not given any directive to DA yet. For Panelo, he said “the reasonable thing to do is to avoid it .
Even without the directive from Duterte, Panelo said Agriculture Secretary William Dar is competent enough to handle the issue. Dar said in a press briefing that 7,416 hogs have been depopulated and most of these came from the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan.
NCorralesINQ No need to worry?😂 Though it's not a health risk to humans perse it's gonna wipe out the swine population if not controlled or stopped leading to massive financial losses and maybe shortage of supply, remember Christmas is just around the corner? Paano na ang lechon?!
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