Can Tho City People's Committee has just issued Official Letter No. 279/UBND-KT on the drastic and synchronous implementation of solutions to prevent and control African swine fever in the city (TP).
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City requested the Department of Agriculture and Environment to proactively monitor to promptly detect and completely handle outbreaks, prevent disease outbreaks, limit new outbreaks; resolutely handle the destruction of sick pigs, suspected of having diseases; advise the People's Committee of the City to proactively implement policies to support livestock farmers affected by the pig disease in accordance with the provisions of law; prevent and strictly handle cases of buying, selling, transporting sick pigs, dumping dead pigs that spread disease and pollute the environment.
Guiding livestock farmers to strengthen the application of disease prevention and hygiene measures for livestock farming; strictly handle cases of concealing and slow reporting that cause disease spread; proactively develop response scenarios in case of epidemics occurring in the city, assign specific tasks to local authorities at 2 levels.
The Department of Industry and Trade coordinates with the Department of Agriculture and Environment and the City Police to strengthen control, detection, timely prevention, and strict handling of cases of trading and transporting pigs and products from sick pigs of unknown origin that have not been quarantined in the market to prevent African swine fever and other animal diseases.
The City Police coordinate with the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Finance, the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the City Military Command and the People's Committees of communes and wards in preventing and strictly handling cases of smuggling and illegal transportation of pigs and pig products according to the provisions of law.
The City Military Command closely coordinates with the Department of Agriculture and Environment and relevant localities to strictly handle acts of illegal trading and transportation of pigs and pig products.
Commune and ward People's Committees direct and mobilize forces, proactively monitor to promptly detect and completely handle outbreaks, prevent disease outbreaks, limit new outbreaks; resolutely handle the destruction of sick and suspected sick pigs.
Proactively implement policies to support livestock farmers affected by swine fever in accordance with the provisions of law. Do not let the arrangement of organizations and apparatus in localities affect disease prevention, control and control. Be responsible to the Chairman of the City People's Committee if subjective, negligent, and irresponsible in leading and directing the outbreak of African swine fever on a large scale, causing great damage in the management area.
