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Japan has detected its first cases of active African swine fever (ASF) virus in two sausages imported into the country by two travelers returning from China, according to local media reports. At the same time, Cambodia reported its first outbreak of African swine fever, which had killed 500 pigs.
Taiwan found the 36th meat product, all from China, infected with the PPA virus. However, the virus was inactive in all cases.
PPP is an extremely contagious and deadly disease that affects pigs and wild boars. there is no cure or vaccine. However, the disease has no known harmful effects on humans, even if infected pork meat products are eaten.
First outbreak in Cambodia
World Organization for Animal Health sent a notification to global organizations related to the hog sector on April 3, in which it announced the first PPP outbreak in Cambodia.
According to the notification, 400 pigs died of the disease and another 100 were slaughtered.
The home is located in Rattanakiri province, the most north-eastern part of the country, on the border with Vietnam.
The Vietnamese authorities in turn reported their first case of African swine fever on 19 February.
The country is bordered by China to the north; most of its 556 African swine fever epidemics occurred in this northern region. Some Vietnamese officials said the virus may have entered the country by people who brought in infected pigs from China or pork products made in China.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), since February 19, 23 of the 58 provinces of Vietnam have reported epidemicswith over 89,600 pigs slaughtered.
Since the PPP outbreak in China, its neighbor to the north, Mongolia, has also detected African swine fever, which had not seen the disease before the outbreak in China.
according to FAOat least 3,115 pigs died of the disease or were slaughtered, representing about 10% of the total pig population in Mongolia.
First active PPP virus in Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on April 2 that the APP virus had appeared at an infectious stage in two home-made sausages imported into Japan by two travelers.
Since last summer, Japan has continuously detected PPP-infected meat products brought by travelers from China, but this is the first time the authorities have discovered an active virus in the world. PPP.
Asahi Shimbun reported A pbadenger and a pbadenger took different flights from the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Qingdao, respectively, and arrived at Chubu Airport, near the city of Nagoya, on January 12th. The pbadengers did not know each other. Customs officials discovered their sausages, which both claimed to have been bought in memory of China.
Japan's National Agriculture and Food Research Organization tested sausages and discovered ASF viruses that can spread the disease among pigs.
Japan Times reported that the country prohibits people from bringing "unauthorized animal products", with a punishable fine of one million yen ($ 8,964) or a term of imprisonment of up to one million; at three years old.
However, the authorities only punished the perpetrators of serious crimes such as those who import products for sale.
Asahi Shimbun reported that the authorities will now take stronger action against offenders starting April 22.
Other Asian countries
To avoid the disease, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and other countries have put in place strict procedures at entry points since the first outbreak of African swine fever in China in August latest.
In December 2018, Taiwan set up a "Central Disaster Response Center of the FSA" to coordinate the control of the disease.
April 2, the center of Taiwan m said he found two new cases of ASF-infected meat. One of them was dried pork sent from Jiangsu Province of China. The other was pork sausage made in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang, which a Chinese traveler brought from Hong Kong.
The center found its first infected product in October 2018.
He urged people not to import unauthorized animal or vegetable products into Taiwan, nor to send them by post.
In China, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs confirmed in a statement declaration On April 4, the outbreak spread to Xinjiang, the 29th largest Chinese region out of 31, to have African swine fever. The disease killed 15 pigs, while the remaining 200 hog pigs were slaughtered.
This leaves only Tibet, in the most western region of China, and the island province of Hainan, free of PPA.
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