Manila, Jan. 20 -- The local government is stepping up measures to guard the city's borders against the spread of African swine fever (ASF) after the Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed the first cases of the virus in three towns in Leyte province.
City Veterinarian Eunice Alcantara said in an interview on Wednesday that border checkpoints set up for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are being used to tighten the watch against the entry of live hogs and pork products to the city.
"Even before the pronouncement of (the) DA, we have (been) strict on documentary requirements in the transport of all swine and pork meat in the city. We just have to be more proactive this time," she told reporters.
On March 12, 2020, Mayor Alfred Ro...