Changwon City Launches Full-Scale Livestock Quarantine Campaign for Lunar New Year Holiday

Comprehensive Disinfection of Livestock-Related Facilities

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] Changwon City, Gyeongsangnam-do (Mayor Heo Seong-mu) is pushing for emergency quarantine measures against malignant livestock infectious diseases such as African Swine Fever (ASF), Foot-and-Mouth Disease, and Avian Influenza (AI) in anticipation of a sharp increase in the movement of returnees and travelers ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

The city will conduct a thorough disinfection of livestock farms, livestock facilities, and livestock vehicles twice (on the 23rd and 28th) before and after the Lunar New Year holiday using disinfection equipment. In addition, during this period, four joint quarantine vehicles from the Livestock Cooperative and one city quarantine vehicle will be mobilized to intensively disinfect vulnerable farms and roads around livestock barns.

At five highway entry and exit points with heavy traffic from returnees and travelers, three railway stations, and major transportation facilities such as intercity bus terminals, banners will be hung to encourage refraining from visiting livestock farms and to prohibit bringing in food from overseas travel, and publicity will be strengthened through village broadcasts.

In particular, quarantine vehicles will be exclusively assigned to Junam Reservoir, a famous migratory bird habitat, to disinfect major roads, and footbath disinfectant tanks and quarantine information banners will be installed at entry and exit routes to ensure thorough prevention of avian influenza.

Oh Seong-taek, director of the Changwon Agricultural Technology Center, urged, "Returnees visiting their hometowns during the Lunar New Year holiday should refrain from visiting livestock farms, and livestock farmers should do their best to block the spread of disease by disinfecting inside and outside barns and observing clinical symptoms in their livestock."

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