African swine flu spreads in Philippines

                     Manila:

20,000 pigs have been killed in the Philippines due to the spread of African swine fever across the country. African swine flu is rampant in the Philippines. This has caused great public fear. The government has made several attempts to control the swine flu but has not been able to control the spread of the disease. The government has started killing pigs due to the disease.

According to Philippine Department of Agriculture Secretary William Thar, the main reason for the spread of the disease is to keep pig farms intact. As of now, 20,000 pigs have been killed. Of these, 6,600 were infected with pigs. The remaining pigs have been killed because of the country's security measures. He said the maximum number of pigs have been killed from Bulacan province.

In the Philippines, the state government adopts protocol 1-7-10 to prevent the spread of African swine flu, ie, removal of all pigs within a kilometer of infected farms, control of the sale and breeding of pigs within a radius of 7 km, pig farms within 10 km Submit a compulsory statement  includes protocol