African swine fever in the province is developing very complicatedly, especially in Gia Vien, Nho Quan, Yen Mo and Yen Khanh districts. In addition to the objective causes due to weather conditions and epidemics of the disease, there are many subjective reasons in leadership and direction in some localities that are not yet drastic and effective.
In the face of the above situation, on May 16, the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province issued Directive No. 04, focusing on drastic and synchronous implementation of solutions to prevent, combat and control African swine fever.
Accordingly, to promptly prevent, control, and control the epidemic, minimize damage to livestock farmers, and contribute to ensuring the growth target of Ninh Binh province assigned by the Government in 2025.
The People's Committee of Ninh Binh province requires the People's Committees of districts and cities to mobilize resources, proactively arrange reserve budgets to buy chemicals, mobilize the entire political system to isolate epidemics, review, organize destruction, completely handle outbreaks, prevent more outbreaks and strive to end all outbreaks before June 20, 2025.
Strengthen information and propaganda work continuously on the radio system to villages, hamlets, and residential groups to raise awareness and consciousness of the community, producers, and consumers about the risks and harmful effects of the epidemic. At the same time, instruct people on biosafety livestock farming, disinfect the environment and strictly implement periodic livestock declaration work, declaration when newly merging flocks with commune-level People's Committees.
Timely declare the epidemic if detecting cases of sick and dead pigs suspected of being infected with infectious diseases, absolutely do not hide the epidemic, sell them, throw dead, sick and dead animals into the environment, causing pollution and spreading pathogens.
Organize mobile inspection teams to strictly inspect and control the transportation, trading and slaughter of pigs at slaughterhouses in the area. Check compliance with and maintenance of veterinary hygiene and food safety conditions to promptly detect and collect samples of pork and pork products for testing to strictly handle cases of transportation, slaughter, and consumption of pigs with disease according to regulations.
Speed up the vaccination progress for livestock and poultry in the spring-summer crop of 2025. Strive to complete vaccination before June 10, 2025. Banking local key livestock farms, large-scale livestock farms, propagating farm owners to be proactive in disease prevention. At the same time, arrange forces, have plans to protect key areas, prevent epidemics, protect the whole herd, and ensure livestock growth.
Chairmen of People's Committees of districts and cities and Chairmen of People's Committees of wards and communes are responsible to the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province for the direction, operation, prevention and control of African swine fever in the area.