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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang signed Directive No. 21/CT-TTg dated July 14, 2024 of the Prime Minister requesting ministries, branches and localities to strictly implement measures to prevent and control African Swine Fever.

The Prime Minister requested strict implementation of measures to prevent and control African Swine Fever.

The directive stated: According to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, since the beginning of the year, the country has had over 660 outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in 44 provinces and cities, forcing the destruction of over 42,400 pigs, especially in the provinces of Bac Kan, Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Hoa Binh, Son La, Quang Nam and Long An... causing losses to farmers. The disease is on the rise, with a high risk of widespread spread, which could affect food supplies, consumer price indexes and the environment.

To prevent, combat and control ASF in a timely and effective manner, the Prime Minister requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to report to the Standing Committees of provincial and municipal Party Committees to focus on leadership and direction, and proactively organize and implement drastic, synchronous and effective measures to prevent and combat ASF in accordance with the direction of the Secretariat, the National Assembly, the Government, the Prime Minister and the guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Completely handle outbreaks

In particular, the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities must directly direct and mobilize local resources to organize the complete handling of outbreaks, not allowing new outbreaks to arise; organize the disposal of sick pigs, suspected sick pigs, and dead pigs; proactively implement policies to support farmers suffering losses due to epidemics in accordance with the law; promptly detect, prevent and resolutely handle cases of buying, selling, transporting sick pigs, and dumping dead pigs that spread disease and pollute the environment.

Instruct livestock farmers to increase the application of hygiene and disinfection measures in barns and surrounding areas at high risk; promote bio-safe livestock farming, build disease-free livestock facilities and areas.

Review and compile specific and accurate statistics on the total herd of pigs and the number of pigs that have been vaccinated against ASF; on that basis, approve the plan, prioritize the allocation of funds for centralized vaccine purchase and organize synchronous and simultaneous vaccination in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister in Directive No. 29/CT-TTg dated December 6, 2023, Official Dispatches No. 1097/CD-TTg dated November 16, 2023, No. 58/CD-TTg dated June 16, 2024 and instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Building disease-free livestock farming chains and areas

Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities direct the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and People's Committees at all levels to strictly implement disease prevention and control work, especially in areas where there is an epidemic or is at risk of an epidemic; build disease-safe livestock farming chains and areas.

Strengthen information and widely disseminate information in various forms about the dangerous nature of ASF, the risk of disease recurrence and spread, disease prevention measures and the use of ASF vaccines for pigs according to the instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Strictly implement the reporting regime, ensure complete, timely and accurate disease data on the Online Animal Disease Reporting System (VAHIS); strictly handle cases of concealing diseases, slow reporting leading to disease spread; consider handling the responsibility of leaders if they are subjective, negligent in leadership and direction leading to disease outbreaks in the management area.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to proactively arrange funding and resources to effectively implement the National Plan for ASF Prevention and Control for the 2020-2025 period according to assigned tasks and authorities to achieve the objectives of the Plan.

Focus on directing, organizing, guiding, urging and inspecting the prevention and control of ASF; proactively and closely monitoring the epidemic situation, ensuring early detection, warning and directing timely and thorough handling of outbreaks, preventing the disease from spreading widely; urging localities to urgently develop, approve, allocate funds and effectively organize the implementation of the contents of the National Plan for ASF Prevention and Control for the period 2020 - 2025.

Strictly handle cases of trading in diseased pig products

The Ministry of Industry and Trade directs market management forces and relevant units to coordinate with veterinary forces, police, and traffic inspectors to strengthen control, detect, promptly prevent, and strictly handle cases of trading and transporting sick pigs and pig products of unknown origin and not yet quarantined in the market to prevent ASF and other animal diseases.

The Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to direct central and local press agencies to step up propaganda on measures to prevent and control the ASF so that people do not panic and proactively apply disease prevention measures according to the instructions of specialized agencies.

The Ministry of Finance, based on the state budget's balancing capacity, shall allocate funding sources to ministries, agencies and localities to serve the activities of preventing and controlling ASF and implementing the National Plan for preventing and controlling ASF for the period 2020-2025 according to the current state budget decentralization, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the law on the state budget and other relevant laws.

The Ministry of Home Affairs coordinates with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to guide localities in perfecting the specialized veterinary management agencies at the provincial and district levels to ensure forces for preventing and controlling animal diseases.

Relevant ministries, branches and members of the National Steering Committee for the Prevention and Control of ASF, according to their assigned functions and tasks, proactively direct specialized functional agencies to coordinate to resolutely and effectively implement drastic measures to prevent and control ASF.

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