China News Service, March 30th. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, on March 30th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the China Animal Epidemic Prevention and Control Center. The diagnosis was confirmed by the Animal Epidemic Prevention and Control Center of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. An outbreak of African swine fever occurred in a group of piglets that farmers had transferred from other provinces in violation of regulations. There were a total of 200 piglets in this batch and 92 died.
Immediately after the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs sent a supervision team to the local area to conduct supervision and epidemiological investigation of the epidemic situation. The local government has activated the emergency response mechanism in accordance with the requirements, taking measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection, and culling of the remaining piglets in the outbreak, and culling the piglets and all the dead pigs. At the same time, all pigs and their products are prohibited from being transferred out of the blockade, and pigs are prohibited from being transported into the blockade. At present, the epidemic situation has been effectively dealt with, and related investigations and retrospective work are ongoing.