13 cases of African swine fever confirmed in S. Korea
- 5 years ago
The number of African swine fever cases here in Korea keeps going up... with 13 cases confirmed so far.
Following the traces of the virus being found in a dead wild boar near the Demilitarized Zone, the military has ordered the troops guarding the border to shoot any wild pigs they see in the area.
Our Kim Jae-hee has the latest.
A suspected new case of African swine fever has been reported on Incheon's Baekryeong-do Island on Friday.
This comes after the 13th case of the disease was confirmed on Thursday at a pig farm in Gimpo, west of Seoul.
Authorities are working heaven and earth to stop the animal disease from spreading.
South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, during a meeting on Friday morning at the National Disaster and Safety Status Control Center, stressed the need for better management of the outbreak.
"African swine fever has spread in Paju, Gimpo, and Yeoncheon. We must look back on the past handlings and check if there was adequate management of those cases."
The Agriculture Ministry also decided to extend the 48-hour standstill on transporting pigs.
"To strengthen quarantine efforts near the inter-Korean border areas, the ministry has decided to extend the movement ban on pigs previously issued for Incheon, Gyeonggi-do Province and Gangwon-do Province by another 48 hours,... starting from 3:30 AM Friday."
The ministry will cull all pigs within a 3-kilometer radius of the infected farms in Gimpo and Paju.
For the pigs outside that radius, the government will buy the pigs off the farmers.
The pigs will then be sent to slaughterhouses where they will be tested before the meat is sold.
But in order to do this, farmers must register application forms for purchase to the respective cities in advance.
For the first time on record, the virus has been discovered in a wild boar as well.
Traces of the African swine fever were found in a dead wild boar found near the Demilitarized Zone in Yeoncheon,... just 1-point-4 kilometers away from Southern Limit Line of the DMZ.
There is a possibility the wild boar could have originated from North Korea,... where an African swine fever outbreak was reported in May.
Because of this, South Korea's military on Friday ordered troops at the border to shoot any wild pig crossing the Demilitarized Zone.
Kim Jae-hee, Arirang News.
Following the traces of the virus being found in a dead wild boar near the Demilitarized Zone, the military has ordered the troops guarding the border to shoot any wild pigs they see in the area.
Our Kim Jae-hee has the latest.
A suspected new case of African swine fever has been reported on Incheon's Baekryeong-do Island on Friday.
This comes after the 13th case of the disease was confirmed on Thursday at a pig farm in Gimpo, west of Seoul.
Authorities are working heaven and earth to stop the animal disease from spreading.
South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, during a meeting on Friday morning at the National Disaster and Safety Status Control Center, stressed the need for better management of the outbreak.
"African swine fever has spread in Paju, Gimpo, and Yeoncheon. We must look back on the past handlings and check if there was adequate management of those cases."
The Agriculture Ministry also decided to extend the 48-hour standstill on transporting pigs.
"To strengthen quarantine efforts near the inter-Korean border areas, the ministry has decided to extend the movement ban on pigs previously issued for Incheon, Gyeonggi-do Province and Gangwon-do Province by another 48 hours,... starting from 3:30 AM Friday."
The ministry will cull all pigs within a 3-kilometer radius of the infected farms in Gimpo and Paju.
For the pigs outside that radius, the government will buy the pigs off the farmers.
The pigs will then be sent to slaughterhouses where they will be tested before the meat is sold.
But in order to do this, farmers must register application forms for purchase to the respective cities in advance.
For the first time on record, the virus has been discovered in a wild boar as well.
Traces of the African swine fever were found in a dead wild boar found near the Demilitarized Zone in Yeoncheon,... just 1-point-4 kilometers away from Southern Limit Line of the DMZ.
There is a possibility the wild boar could have originated from North Korea,... where an African swine fever outbreak was reported in May.
Because of this, South Korea's military on Friday ordered troops at the border to shoot any wild pig crossing the Demilitarized Zone.
Kim Jae-hee, Arirang News.