With the resurgent outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) reportedly spreading across 460 municipalities in 54 provinces, a senior lawmaker on Tuesday proposed the declaration of a state of calamity in ASF-affected areas.
With the resurgent outbreaks of African swine fever reportedly spreading across 460 municipalities in 54 provinces, a senior lawmaker on Tuesday proposed the declaration of a state of calamity in ASF-affected areas.
“If you look at 137 barangays, over the total barangays nationwide that’s only .3 percent, if you’re looking into provinces that’s 25 percent, but we can not say the 21 provinces are all infected, only barangays,” DA Assistant Secretary Rex Estoperez said. Meanwhile, Palawan has remained free from ASF, even as the DA describes the outbreak as “a national concern.”Estoperez said they are constantly updating the President on the extent of the ASF outbreak in the country.
“Amid the proposed initial rollout of vaccines this year, the DBM and BAI can then work on a regular budget plan that can be incorporated into next year’s General Appropriations Act [GAA], so the Bureau can continue this year’s vaccination drive in 2024,” said Villafuerte, whose province of CamSur is one of the ASF-affected 54 provinces in all of the country’s regions, with the exception of Metro Manila.
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