Chungnam Strengthens African Swine Fever Response and Conducts Quarantine Drills

[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Chungnam Province is conducting a quarantine training exercise to strengthen its response to African Swine Fever.

The province announced on the 22nd that it conducted a simulated quarantine drill assuming the outbreak of a disaster-type livestock infectious disease at Baekse Park in Cheongyang County, in cooperation with Cheongyang County.

The drill, held the previous day, involved about 150 participants including provincial and city/county officials, related organizations, and producer groups, simulating a scenario where African Swine Fever and Foot-and-Mouth Disease occurred.

Participants demonstrated on-site procedures to respond to a situation where African Swine Fever antigens were detected in wild boars and consecutive deaths occurred at nearby pig farms.

Additionally, the training included checking the cooperation system with related organizations and companies, such as plans for mobilizing personnel and equipment for large-scale culling, and dividing roles.

The main training contents included initial response by the quarantine team and dedicated quarantine officers upon receipt of African Swine Fever or Foot-and-Mouth Disease reports, sample collection, risk assessment to determine the culling scope, installation of control posts and base disinfection facilities, disinfection and epidemiological investigation of affected farms, culling and burial, lifting movement restrictions, and restocking.

Meanwhile, African Swine Fever occurred 23 times from 2019 to 2022 at pig farms in Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gangwon regions, and 2,659 cases have been reported so far in wild boars across 58 cities and counties.

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