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According to Agriculture Secretary William Dar, African Swine Fever episodes in several areas in Bulacan and Rizal may be considered an outbreak but not an epidemic.
Specifically, ASF was already contained in Barangay Pritil, Guiguinto, Bulacan; and in several barangays in Rodriguez, San Mateo, and Antipolo, Rizal.
Dar said that 7,416 pigs in the one-kilometer radius in ASF areas in Rizal and Bulacan have already been depopulated to manage, contain and control the spread of the disease.
For instance, one ASF-infected slaughterhouse in Brgy. Gitnang Bayan 1, San Mateo, Rizal, has already been closed, cleaned, and disinfected.
Monday September 16, 2019/ DA Agriculture/ Philippines.
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