{"id":244099,"date":"2020-02-05T00:50:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244099"},"modified":"2020-02-05T00:53:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:53:20","slug":"da-heightens-quarantine-measures-as-asf-hits-davocc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/05\/da-heightens-quarantine-measures-as-asf-hits-davocc\/","title":{"rendered":"DA heightens quarantine measures as ASF hits DavOcc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the Cabinet meeting, DA Secretary William Dar said Davao Occidental has been placed on lockdown while the sale of live hogs and pork products from suspected ASF-infected areas have been banned. (File Photo<\/a>: Alex Proimos\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-NC 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— To prevent African swine fever (ASF) from further spreading across the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has heightened quarantine measures following an outbreak in Davao Occidental.<\/p>\n

\u201cElevated quarantine measures are being worked out by the Department of Agriculture and is advising regions to elevate quarantine measures,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement after President Rodrigo Duterte presided over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

In the Cabinet meeting, DA Secretary William Dar said Davao Occidental has been placed on lockdown while the sale of live hogs and pork products from suspected ASF-infected areas have been banned.<\/p>\n

The DA is monitoring the seven barangays in the adjacent town of Malita with reported swine fever cases — Bito, Kidalapong, Tubalan, Felis, Mana, Talogoy, and New Argao.<\/p>\n

It is also set to investigate allegations that some unscrupulous traders are allegedly mislabeling imported feed meal to circumvent the import ban on ASF-hit countries.<\/p>\n

The local hog industry is losing about PHP900 million per month due to the virus, according to the DA.<\/p>\n

The outbreak in Davao Occidental was the first case of ASF in Mindanao, several months after the outbreak in Luzon.<\/p>\n

ASF, a fatal animal disease among hogs, was first reported in seven areas in Luzon — Bulacan, Cavite, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Quezon City, and Rizal.<\/p>\n

Duterte earlier directed all executive departments, bureaus, agencies among others to adopt policies and institute measures to manage, contain, and control the transmission of ASF in the country.<\/p>\n

Government offices were also directed to provide assistance, alternative livelihood, and skills training to hog raisers affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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