CEBU CITY, March 23 -- The African swine fever (ASF) virus has been contained in this capital city but border restrictions against undocumented hogs and pork meat will continue, the city veterinarian said on Thursday.

Dr. Jessica Maribojoc, head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fishery Office, said the city was able to control the further spread of the virus through culling of infected pigs, two days after the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) released on March 20 the result of blood sampling.

"We were able to mobilize our team to act on the reported ASF infection based on the blood collection result," Maribojoc told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in an interview.

The blood sampling, she said, was conducted in 11 villages d...