Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has said she will extend the temporary ban on the entry of pork, hogs, and other pork-related products from Iloilo and Panay due to the failure of authorities to contain the African Swine Fever (ASF).
“What we should be afraid about really is the ASF. Right now, of the 81 provinces in the entire country, 62 provinces are already infected with ASF. They have not been able to control the ASF spread in Panay [and] Iloilo,” Garcia said in an interview shared on the Facebook page of the Cebu provincial government on Wednesday.
On October 13, Garcia ordered a temporary ban on pork and pork products from the province of Iloilo and Panay island for a period of 60 days due to a suspected ASF case. “I have asked again the airlines, as well as the authorities sa airport to keep repeating the warning that is contained under my executive order they cannot bring in [pork] domestic from Manila, Davao, from wherever, they cannot bring in any pork and pork-related products,” she said.President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. hasthe Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas to test all pig breeding sites in the area to control the spread of the ASF.
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