Strictly handle cases of hiding the epidemic, causing widespread spread

According to information from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, in the first 3 months of 2025, dangerous infectious diseases in livestock such as African swine fever, foot and mouth disease, avian influenza, and lumpy skin disease arose, spread, and developed complicatedly in many provinces and cities across the country, killing and forcing the destruction of a large number of livestock and poultry, causing economic losses to livestock farmers, especially 20 people died from rabies in 13 provinces.

Currently, African swine fever is occurring in 7 communes in Cam Xuyen, Huong Khe districts and Ha Tinh city for less than 21 days.

In Ha Tinh, African swine fever has been occurring in 7 communes in Cam Xuyen, Huong Khe districts and Ha Tinh city for less than 21 days. Given the complicated developments of the epidemic, along with the changing weather, which reduces the resistance of livestock, creating favorable conditions for pathogens to develop; transportation and trading activities to restore herds have increased.

In addition, according to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the results of the first vaccination in 2025 for livestock are still low according to the plan of the Provincial People's Committee, so the risk of disease outbreaks and spread in livestock in the coming time is very high.

To proactively take measures to prevent and control epidemics, ensure safety for livestock development and speed up the first vaccination progress in 2025 for livestock herds according to Plan No. 578/KH-UBND dated December 2, 2024 of the Provincial People's Committee, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned departments, branches, People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to focus on implementing and directing the implementation of tasks.

Specialized industry takes samples to test pigs suspected of being infected with African swine fever.

Accordingly, for localities with dangerous infectious disease outbreaks, especially African swine fever in Cam Xuyen, Huong Khe districts and Ha Tinh city, focus on directing and mobilizing resources to completely handle outbreaks, not allowing the disease to break out and spread widely; promptly handle and destroy dead pigs, ensuring accuracy in quantity, volume of destruction, records and procedures according to regulations; promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle cases of buying, selling, transporting sick animals, dumping dead animals that spread disease and pollute the environment. Do not let the arrangement of local organizations and apparatus affect the work of disease prevention, control and control.

Organize inspection and screening of livestock diseases throughout the area to ensure early detection and timely and appropriate handling of outbreaks; strictly implement reporting of livestock diseases from the grassroots level as soon as an outbreak occurs.

Localities need to speed up the first vaccination of livestock and poultry in 2025.

Focus on directing the acceleration of the first phase of vaccination in 2025 for livestock; ensure that at least 80% of livestock are fully vaccinated with the right type of vaccine at the time of vaccination, completed before May 30, 2025 according to Plan No. 578/KH-UBND dated December 2, 2024 of the Provincial People's Committee.

Strengthen information and propaganda work in depth in many forms and contents suitable for each target group, raise people's awareness and responsibility about the risk of disease outbreaks and disease prevention and control measures; the effects and effectiveness of vaccination on the health of livestock, and protect livestock production results.

Instruct livestock farmers to strengthen the application of disease prevention and hygiene measures for livestock; focus resources on organizing the construction of disease-free livestock facilities; proactively handle and completely handle newly discovered epidemics; strictly handle cases of concealing epidemics and slow reporting that lead to the spread of epidemics.

Establish working groups to inspect and urge disease prevention and control work, vaccination phase 1 in 2025, and strictly handle violations according to law.

Synthesize and report on the situation, developments and results of epidemic prevention and control activities, and the results of the first vaccination phase in 2025 before June 10, 2025 to the Department of Agriculture and Environment for synthesis and reporting to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Provincial People's Committee according to regulations.

Be responsible before the law, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee if they are negligent and lack focus in directing, allowing the disease to spread widely, causing great damage in the management area.

The Department of Agriculture and Environment directs the Department of Crop Production and Livestock and related units to proactively grasp information, situation, and developments of epidemics; preside over and coordinate with relevant departments and branches to monitor and supervise the implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures in localities. Organize inspection, supervision, and professional guidance on epidemic prevention and control, and vaccination for the first phase of 2025 for livestock in localities, promptly report to the Provincial People's Committee for direction.

The Department of Health directs and provides professional guidance, organizes inspections and supervises the implementation of work to prevent and control diseases transmitted from animals to humans.

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