The department has assured the public that ASF does not affect humans and the consumption of pork is safe.
The Eastern Cape, which has over 980 Covid-19 cases and more than 20 confirmed deaths, has had to deal with another invisible enemy with the outbreak of the African Swine Fever in the Amathole District Municipality.
Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza has noted that this was the first time that an outbreak of AFS has been recorded in the Eastern Cape. “Control measures currently in place include that all infected pigs should be as far as possible from those that are not and must be housed alone to avoid contact with other pigs in the area to limit the spread of the disease,” Didiza said in a statement.
He said since the viral disease – resulting in an acute haemorrhagic fever with a case fatality rate of close to 100% – also affected wild pigs, it could be that someone killed a wild pig and brought the carcass to a village.
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