“A massive vaccination drive like the one conducted in Vietnam could put an end to ASF in the Philippines”
The Department of Agriculture reported that as of the start of this month, there were active ASF cases in 75 barangays in 42 municipalities in 12 provinces in seven regions. After China reported the first ASF outbreak in August 2018, the disease has since spread across 16 other countries, including the Philippines and Vietnam.
What is urgently needed now is government assistance to ASF-devastated stakeholders, especially the backyard hog raisers. This ASF Live vaccine, developed and produced by AVAC Vietnam Co. Ltd., is the world’s first and only commercially available one proven to safely combat the highly contagious animal disease.
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