BANGKOK, Apirl 20 (TNA) — The government officials along Thailand’s borders with Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia are on alert for the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) following its recent outbreak in three countries, said Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Luck Wajananawat.
ASF has earlier spread in China and Vietnam before it entered Cambodia and Mr Luck dispatched his order to the ministry’s officials at 16 provinces lying along borders to watch for the disease after the citizens from neighbouring countries who returned home to celebrate the annual Songkran festival began to come back to Thailand.
Workers from those countries, especially from Cambodia, could have been stricken from the disease, said Mr Luck.
Deputy director-general of Livestock Development Department Jeerasak Pipattanapongsophon said that people at the border should not bring in or cook food from Cambodia’s pig products while officials at the checkpoints should confiscate suspicious pig products brought along by travellers.
Retail pig raisers along the Thai-Cambodia border were briefed at the meeting by Mr Jirasak on the current situation of ASF and on how they should save themselves from the disease. (TNA)
