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Over the past 5 days, no fewer than 5 northern Vietnamese Provinces have reported their first outbreaks of African Swine Fever, bringing the total to 11 provinces in just under 3 weeks.
Last Monday Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture (MARD) announced the detection of 200+ ASF Outbreaks Across 7 Provinces & Cities, suggesting the virus had been spreading within that country undetected for some time.Media accounts since then have quoted MARD officials as saying more than 500 outbreaks, across 11 provinces, have now been reported.
Two translated reports from the past 24 hours.
Taiyuan - 10th Province with African Swine Fever
This morning (8/3), the Animal Health Department (MARD) said that, from 1 / 2-7 / 3/2019 (updated to 17 pm), African Swine Fever (DTLCP) occurred in 560 households , 210 villages, 84 communes and 27 districts of 10 provinces and cities of Vietnam (Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Hai Phong, Thanh Hoa, Ha Noi, Hai Duong, Ha Nam, Hoa Binh, Dien Bien and Thai Nguyen).
On the prevention and fight against diseases, the Animal Health Department said: From May 8/2018, when the risk of DTLCP likely to spread, infect Vietnam, MARD reported, advising Prime Prime Minister issued official Telegraph No. 1194 / CD-TTg dated 09/12/2018 and online conference held by Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung directing synchronized deployment of solutions, and disease prevention.
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African Hog Cholera continues to spread, Ninh Binh is the 11th local epidemic
Huong Nguyen 16:20 | 09/03/2019
African Swine Fever is currently fear of herders, bright 9/3 Deputy Head of the department in charge of Branch Livestock and Animal Health has confirmed Ninh Binh province Ninh Binh outbreak appears positive calculated with African swine Fever, this is the 11th locality across the country announced the epidemic.
Specifically, in the notice to reply Branch Livestock and Veterinary Ninh Binh signed a 8/3 day, SDAH zone I confirm, 2/4 samples Branch Livestock and Veterinary Ninh Binh province send test, Laboratory of Animal Health Department region I found positive with African swine Fever virus by Real-time PCR method.
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China meanwhile, has only announced one outbreak in the past week (in Guangxi Province), although they announced the arrests of hundreds of people for crimes Related to African Swine Fever last weekend.
Chinese social media, and the dissident press, continue to feature reports and pictures of dead pigs `死猪' being dumped or destroyed, but verification is all but impossible.It does seem likely, however, that between the high rate of ASF virus detection in Chinese pork products, China's nearly 1,000 arrests for the illegal sale and transport of infected pigs, and the speed at which we are seeing the virus sweep across Vietnam, that the relatively small number outbreaks reported by China's MOA over the past two months likely under-represents the the ASF situation on the ground in China.
