DA, iginiit na hindi kailangang magpatupad ng nationwide State of Calamity dahil sa ASF; Mas mataas na indemnification o tulong sa mga apektadong hog raiser, tiniyak ng ahensiya
DA, iginiit na hindi kailangang magpatupad ng nationwide State of Calamity dahil sa ASF; Mas mataas na indemnification o tulong sa mga apektadong hog raiser, tiniyak ng ahensiya
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00:00The Agriculture Department has determined that the country's pork supply is sufficient
00:05in the face of the spread of the African Swine Fever in Batangas.
00:09It is expected that next week, the vaccines against ASF will arrive.
00:15Bella Lasbueras is in the center of the news.
00:20In the middle of the African Swine Fever outbreak in some places,
00:24the Department of Agriculture gave Secretary Francisco Chulaurel Jr.
00:28that the nationwide state of calamity in the country does not need to be implemented.
00:34According to the former Secretary-General, their monitoring of ASF is very strict.
00:38The government also has a sufficient step on this matter.
00:43No need, no need. It's localized. It is spreading a bit but not as fast.
00:49People are more aware of what's happening now compared to the past.
00:53There are also many facilities that have biosecurity.
00:57It doesn't mean that the whole municipality is affected. It's still farm-based.
01:03For the affected hog raisers, the DA also promised higher indemnification or assistance from the government.
01:11This is so that the affected pigs will not be exploited.
01:14Secretary Chulaurel asked for cooperation and assistance to overcome this threat.
01:22The indemnification, although the budget is only P150 million,
01:26the exploited pigs, the small ones, like the big ones, P4,000 per pig.
01:35Then the medium-sized ones, P8,000.
01:39And the big ones, the dead ones, P12,000.
01:44We raised and nationalized the indemnification so that they will be exploited and surrendered.
01:51For the consumers, the Agriculture Secretary's gate,
01:55they expect that the supply and price of pigs in the market will not be affected by the ASF.
02:01Most of all, the pigs are still safe to eat.
02:06We have test kits that are being deployed.
02:09If the farm tested positive, they will still be allowed to cross and go to the market.
02:16The lockdown is farm-based.
02:19It's not a whole municipality or province.
02:26So there will still be movement.
02:29We have learned from the 2019 that the previous implementation was too strict.
02:34We have come to understand the ASF as a disease.
02:41It can be cooked.
02:42There are other countries that have processing plants for infected animals to be cooked and canned because it's safe.
02:52And as for the vaccine against ASF,
02:54next week, it is expected that 10,000 doses of the first vaccines purchased by the DA will be available.
03:02The priority here is the Red Zones.
03:04But in the coming months, more vaccines are expected to arrive.
03:09We're rushing it as much as possible.
03:11That's why it's only an emergency procurement.
03:14But hopefully, the national will be rolled out by the last quarter of this year.
03:20For the nationwide, to be ready, we need 600,000.
03:25So we're procuring emergency 10,000 because these are just municipalities.
03:29But we'll make the next procurement for 60,000
03:32because we need to have a buffer stock that's ready to be implemented outside.
03:38Good morning to the Red Zones.