D.A., tiwalang makokontrol ang pagkalat ng ASF

D.A., tiwalang makokontrol ang pagkalat ng ASF;  Nasa 10-K bakuna vs. ASF, aasahan darating ngayong linggo

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00:00The Agriculture Department is confident that they will be able to control the spread of the African Swine Fever,

00:06especially since the measures against it have been intensified.

00:10It is also expected that 10,000 vaccines will arrive this week.

00:14This is the story of Claycel Pardilla.

00:18150,000 vaccines were administered against the African Swine Fever that arrived in the Philippines last year.

00:26The vaccines were administered by a Vietnamese company

00:30on the assumption that the Food and Drug Administration will approve it immediately.

00:34But the expiration was reached in March.

00:37The agricultural industry is worried.

00:41Use the vaccines that were administered in the controlled vaccination against the ASF.

00:46Especially since the expiration of the so-called vaccines was extended until December.

00:52That was extended and can be used.

00:57So we immediately objected to using it because the government will buy it.

01:05It should be new and there is no assurance that it will have an effect.

01:12The Department of Agriculture will clarify now.

01:15The government will not buy expired vaccines.

01:19They will send new ones.

01:21The vaccine will be good for two years when it arrives.

01:25The DA did not spend any money on the expired vaccines.

01:29It should be noted that the vaccination of some private sectors was stopped

01:33due to the absence of a certificate of product registration of the ASF vaccine.

01:3710,000 vaccines against the ASF are expected to arrive this week in the province of Batangas,

01:44which has already declared a state of calamity due to the continuous spread of the ASF.

01:49Despite this, the widespread state of calamity in the Philippines does not need to be implemented.

01:55Agriculture Secretary Francisco T. Laurel Jr. said

01:59he is confident that the ASF will be controlled

02:02because of the actions of the agency such as the vaccination.

02:06Checkpoints and testing are being halted.

02:09The indemnification fee was also increased to 12,000 pesos from only 5,000 pesos.

02:16This will definitely help to control the spread of the infected animals.

02:22That is the main reason why the ASF spread quickly.

02:26Only farms that have positive cases of ASF

02:30are placed under lockdown and not the whole country where there is an ASF outbreak.

02:36There are other sources of pork such as Central Luzon and imported meat.

02:41That is why the DA is not worried about the price.

02:45This is Kalayzel Pardilia for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.