Guang De Fu,a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs , recently informed to the media that since the outbreak of the African swine plague in some provinces in mainland China in August, the relevant departments in various localities should give full play to the role of joint prevention and control mechanism in accordance with the central decision-making and deployment, strictly carry out the disposition of the epidemic, strengthen the implementation of key prevention and control measures, and co-ordinate the work of epidemic prevention and control, and pork market supply. As of January 14, 2019, there had been outbreaks of domestic and wild boars in 24 provinces, culling 916,000 live pigs. At present, 77 epidemic areas in 21 provinces have been lifted according to regulations. The epidemic was sporadic and did not spread.
Guang Defu said that after the outbreak of the epidemic, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has been in accordance with the principle of "timely, open and transparent" to do a good job in issuing the epidemic situation and timely inform international/regional organizations such as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), relevant countries and regions. Members of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) can timely obtain information on animal epidemics from OIE.
