'완충지' 연천서 14번째 ASF 확진…48시간 일시이동중지명령
Quarantine operations enhanced
following 14th ASF case
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs on Thursday announced a 48-hour movement ban on all pig farms
in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggido, where the country's 14th African swine fever (ASF)
case was confirmed a day earlier.
The 14th infected farm has some
4,000 pigs while 3 other farms within a 3km radius of the infected farm raise
over 4,000 pigs. The Ministry plans to cull all pigs at the 4 farms.
As a part of intensive quarantine
measures, the Ministry also designated nearby areas as a buffer zone.
In the buffer zone, which covers
northern areas of Gyeonggido and Gangwondo, all automobiles, including those
involved in the livestock industry, are banned from visiting pig farms.
Passenger cars are given an
exception; however, automobiles carrying pig feed from the south of Seoul are
prohibited to enter the buffer zone.
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