DA - Hindi kailangan magdeklara ng state of national calamity; supply ng baboy, sapat | 24 Oras

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Tinaasan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) ang indemnity o bayad para sa bawat baboy na kailangang patayin dahil apektado ng African Swine Fever. At kahit may outbreak sa ilang probinsiya, iginiit ng DA na hindi kailangang magdeklara ng state of national calamity.

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00:00The Department of Agriculture, or DA, increased the indemnity for every pig that needs to be killed

00:08because it is affected by African Swine Fever.

00:12And even if there is an outbreak in some provinces,

00:14the DA insisted that the State of National Calamity should not be declared.

00:20This is Bernadette Reyes.

00:25There is a vaccine against African Swine Fever in the country.

00:29It was imported by a Vietnamese company, but it was already expired.

00:34The Department of Agriculture is worried that it might be used against ASF.

00:39Yesterday, the State of Calamity declared Batangas because of ASF.

00:43They said there was a vaccine left last year,

00:47I think 150,000 doses,

00:52that it was extended and it can be used.

00:59We are objecting to the use because it should be changed.

01:03And there is no assurance that it will have an effect.

01:08But the Department of Agriculture assured that the Philippines will not buy the expired ASF vaccine.

01:15The government will not buy expired vaccine.

01:19The government will not accept any expired vaccine.

01:23If it is expired, it means the efficacy of the vaccine will be in question.

01:28Of the 600,000 doses that will be bought,

01:3110,000 are expected to arrive this week,

01:34which was bought through emergency procurement.

01:37It will be used for emergency inoculation or vaccination in affected areas

01:42to reduce the effect of the re-increase of ASF cases.

01:46The new vaccine is expected to have a two-year validity.

01:50According to the Department of Agriculture,

01:52aside from Batangas, they are also targeting

01:54and the Bureau of Animal Industry,

01:56North Cotabato and Occidental Mindoro,

01:59where the cases of African Swine Fever are high.

02:02Indemnity or payment has been increased to farmers

02:05for each pig that needs to be killed because it is infected.

02:10The payment is P4,000 for each pig,

02:13P8,000 for medium-sized,

02:15and P12,000 for large-sized.

02:18This will definitely help to control the spread of infected animals.

02:25Because normally, that is the main reason why ASF spreads quickly.

02:30If they give up the infected pig, the spread will be stopped.

02:38According to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Churaurel Jr.,

02:42the State of National Calamity in the country does not need to declare

02:46to fight the ASF.

02:48The Secretary assured that there will be no problem with the supply of pigs

02:52and that the price will not be cut.

02:54I did not see any shortage.

02:58The lockdown is farm-based.

02:59Not the whole municipality or the whole province.

03:04So there will still be movement.

03:06For GMA Integrated News,

03:09Buenos Dias, Reyes.

03:10Ready, 24 hours.

DA - Hindi kailangan magdeklara ng state of national calamity; supply ng baboy, sapat | 24 Oras

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