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Roughly 6 weeks ago Chongqing - one of 4 large municipalities under the direct control of the Central Chinese government (the others are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin) - reported their first outbreak of African Swine Fever.
Chongqing is bordered by 5 provinces (Sichuan, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Hubei, and Hunan,) which have all reported multiple ASF outbreaks, and so it is not terribly surprising that today Chongqing reports their second outbreak.This from China's MOA:
African swine fever epidemic in Laoshan District, Chongqing
Date: 2018-12-18 19:33 Author: Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Press Office
The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was released on December 18, and the African swine fever epidemic was detected in the Laoshan District of Chongqing.
At 15:00 on December 18, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the China Center for Animal Disease Control and Prevention. It was diagnosed by the China Center for Animal Health and Epidemiology (National Center for Animal Disease Research), and African piglets occurred in a farmer in Laoshan District, Chongqing. epidemic. Up to now, the farmer has 23 pigs, 8 diseases and 3 deaths.
Immediately after the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs sent a steering group to the local area. The local government has started the emergency response mechanism as required, and adopted measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection, etc., to treat all the sick and culled pigs harmlessly. At the same time, all pigs and their products are prohibited from being transferred out of the blockade, and pigs are prohibited from being transported into the blockade. At present, the above measures have been implemented.
