Yongin City Mobilizes All-Out Response to Block and Prevent African Swine Fever

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] On the 18th, Yongin City announced that it is mobilizing an all-out quarantine and disease prevention system to block the inflow of African Swine Fever (ASF) into the city, following the outbreak of ASF on the 17th in livestock farms in Paju and Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province.

The city first raised the crisis level for African Swine Fever to "critical," and issued movement suspension orders for livestock farms and vehicles within the city for 48 hours from 6:30 a.m. on the 17th to 6:30 a.m. on the 19th.

The city has also established a disinfection hub in Go-an-ri, Baekam-myeon, which operates 24 hours, and is conducting frequent disinfections centered on areas with dense pig farms by mobilizing all quarantine vehicles.

Movement restrictions have been imposed on two farms within the city that were visited by vehicles from the farm where African Swine Fever occurred in Yeoncheon. The city has also urged pig farms not to use leftover food as feed, and postponed the Cheorin-gu Citizens' Sports Festival, originally scheduled for the 21st, to November.

On this day, Yongin City Mayor Baek Kun-ki visited the disinfection hub in Baekam-myeon and instructed staff members, "Please do your utmost to prevent African Swine Fever from flowing into farms within our city by implementing comprehensive quarantine measures."

Meanwhile, Yongin City has 184 pig farms raising approximately 248,000 pigs.