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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced on Wednesday (April 3rd) the first reported case of African swine fever in Cambodia and the Taiwanese Office of Plant Quarantine Inspection and Quarantine ( BAPHIQ)) stated that travelers arriving in Taiwan from the Southeast Asian country with pork products would be fined NT $ 200,000 and that -payment entails the refusal of entry of foreigners.
The OIE announced Wednesday (April 3rd) that Cambodia's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries had reported the first confirmed case of APP in the country in a pig farm near the border with the country. Vietnam. The ministry said the virus was reported for the first time on March 22 at a pig farm in Ratanakiri province and resulted in the death of 400 pigs and the slaughter of 100 others.
To prevent the spread of the virus in Taiwan, BAPHIQ announced the same day that, if confirmed, travelers arriving from Cambodia carrying pork products would be fined NT $ 200,000. The AIIC said that Feng Hai-tung (馮海東), general manager of the Phytosanitary and Phytosanitary Inspection and Quarantine, said that travelers arriving from Cambodia and taken care of for the second time with pork products will be fined $ 1 million.
Ratanakiri province where the epidemic was reported. (Image from Wikimedia Commons)
Feng called on pbadengers not to break regulations and to cooperate in order to prevent the spread of the outbreak and protect the domestic hog industry. Feng said the new official fines for pbadengers arriving from Cambodia arriving with pork products will come into effect from 4 am on April 4.
According to the news agency, Hsu Jung-bin (), a senior official of BAPHIQ, said the two Cambodian airports serving Taiwan were those of Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat. He pointed out that the only Taiwan airport enjoying Cambodia flights is Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, while "100%" luggage from the country in other Taiwan airports are already doing it. subject of inspections.
Surprised foreign visitors to Taiwan who import pork products from any country affected by a PPA outbreak must pay a fine of NT $ 200,000 before they can enter the country. the country.
PPP can not be cured, but the disease does not pose a threat to humans. Before the epidemic reached Vietnam in February, the disease was spreading like wildfire in China. The state-run media has reported 116 PPP outbreaks in China since last August, but many experts suspect that the current epidemic is far worse than what the authoritarian state officially recognizes.
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