Hong Kong outbreak of African swine fever, the Hong Kong Government confirmed that a local pig farm in Yuen Long has six pigs sick, and stressed that African swine fever is not a zoonotic disease, will not be transmitted to humans, and therefore claims that it does not constitute a Food safety risk, pork can be eaten after cooking, to Hong Kong people do not need to worry.
According to the press release of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, a spokesman for the Department of Fisheries and Conservation said that the Hong Kong Government has been under the contingency plan, all the pigs in the shed a total of about 240 pigs will be destroyed, and asked the “international experts” opinion, other pig sheds pigs do not need to be destroyed, the other three pig farms within a radius of 3 kilometers of pig health did not occur, but in order to be prudent to prohibit the destruction of pigs. But for the sake of prudence, the pigs are prohibited from being shipped out, and the official will take the inspection for testing.
The Hong Kong government claims that it will notify the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and arrange for the samples to be sent to the OIE laboratory for further testing. All live pigs brought to the slaughterhouse will be slaughtered within 24 hours, and the pens in different locations will be emptied and disinfected daily.
The Hong Kong government emphasizes that officials will continue to strictly enforce the cleaning and disinfection of live pig transport vehicles from China and Hong Kong to reduce the risk of cross-infection with African swine fever.
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