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Over the past month the focus on African Swine Fever has switched from China to Vietnam, based primarily upon the number outbreaks reported by each country's MOA.
During the month of March, Vietnam reported more than 400 outbreaks, as the disease has spread from 6 provinces to 23 provinces. China, meanwhile, reported only 5 outbreaks last month.As mentioned previously, there are strong indications that we're not getting the most accurate accounting out of China's Ministry of Agriculture (see Reuters report Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China), and there are almost daily reports of dead pigs (Google search `死猪') being dumped into rivers, or quietly disposed of, without an official finding of ASF.
While China's reporting of outbreaks has dropped off, a month ago, in China MPS Announces Prosecution Of Crimes Related to African Swine Fever, we saw nearly 1,000 people had been arrested for crimes related to African Swine Fever.For what its worth, yesterday (March 31st), China's MOA published their 4th outbreak announcement for the month of March, involving two farms in Hubei Province.
Lichuan City, Hubei Province occurrence of African swine fever outbreak
Date: 2019-03-31 16:49 Author: Source: Agriculture and Rural Department of Public Information Office
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Press Office issued March 30, Lichuan City, Hubei Province occurrence of African swine fever epidemic.
March 30, the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas to the control center reported Chinese animal epidemic prevention, Animal Disease Control Center of Hubei Province confirmed, Lichuan City, two farms occurrence of African swine fever epidemic. Up to now, a pig farm 142 population, the incidence of eight, five deaths; other farm pig herds 83, incidence of 83, 73 died.
After the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural immediately sent a steering group to the local. Started as required by local emergency response mechanism, to take the blockade, culling measures to deal with harmless treatment, disinfection, culling of all pigs died and sound processing. At the same time, prohibiting all pigs and their products to bring up the blockade zone, prohibiting the transport of live pigs blockade zone. At present, these measures have been implemented.
