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Yesterday (24th) SBS 8 o'clock news reported that the disinfecting effect of the base disinfection facility for livestock related vehicles is inferior to prevent livestock infectious diseases.

After the report went out, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food began inspecting the sterilization facilities nationwide.



Reporter Kim Deok-hyun on the report.



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vehicle enters, the facility door opens, and disinfectant is sprayed out from all sides.



It is a base disinfection facility to prevent the spread of AI through livestock vehicles.



There are 217 locations nationwide, and vehicles going to and from farms and livestock facilities must pass during the special quarantine period.



Then, I checked with the research team how much the disinfection effect would be.



Test papers buried with the low pathogenic AI virus were attached to six vehicles and passed the base disinfection facility.



According to the government's disinfectant guidelines, the virus must be killed by 99.9%, but the results of the experiment were only 86% on average.



It is said that infection through vehicles is possible.



[Song Chang-seon/Konkuk University Veterinary Medicine Professor: It is inevitable that the vehicles passing through the facility are almost completely disinfected.

Too much (disinfectant) dilution may not work.

It is necessary to check the particle size (sprayed).] The



disinfection effect may be lower in the old or open type than the closed type disinfection facility where the experiment was conducted.



The Ministry of Agriculture and Food said that it has confirmed problems such as corrosion of the nozzle spraying disinfectant, and that it will inspect and maintain disinfection facilities nationwide.