AFRICAN SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK UNDER CONTROL-CHIKOTE
(NAIS) Fisheries and Livestock Minister MAKOZO CHIKOTE says measures taken by his ministry to control and contain the African swine fever outbreak are yielding positive results.
Mr. CHIKOTE says the results are giving hope that the disease will be eradicated and lead into a gradual lifting of the ban on pig and pork products movements processing.
He says the African swine fever has so far not been reported anywhere else apart from the areas that were already identified and that surveillance and registration of pig farms is still going on.
Mr. CHIKOTE says the movement of pigs and processing of pork within Lusaka province is still not allowed and that the ban can only be lifted if the illegal movement of pigs and pig products are stopped as it is a major cause of the spread of the disease.
The Minister said this today in his office when he gave an update on the progress made on the control of the African Swine Fever which broke out in February in Lusaka Province.