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Philippines reports more African swine fever outbreaks

Published 09/23/2019, 05:09 PM
Updated 09/23/2019, 05:10 PM
Philippines reports more African swine fever outbreaks

MANILA, Sept 23 (Reuters) -
* The Philippines' Department of Agriculture on Monday said
it has
detected more African swine fever outbreaks in the country, such
as in a village in Antipolo, Rizal, east of the Philippine
capital Manila, and some areas in central Luzon
* There are now 12 villages with backyard farms affected by
the
disease -- two in Metro Manila and 10 in nearby Rizal and
Bulacan provinces -- excluding those central Luzon areas that
Agriculture Secretary William Dar declined to identify
* The Philippines, the world's 10th-largest pork consumer
and
seventh-biggest pork importer, declared its first outbreak of
the virus on Sept. 9, with more reported in less than two weeks
* The deadly and highly contagious disease, for which there
is no
cure nor vaccine though it does not affect people, poses a big
threat to the nation's $5 billion hog industry, but Dar said
there is no epidemic in the country
* Dar, meanwhile, appealed to local government executives
not to
restrict domestic food trade, after the provinces of Cebu and
Bohol in central Philippines announced a ban on the entry of
pork and pork-based products from those hot spots



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