19/10/2022
The Provincial Government aims to maintain Bohol’s classification as an ASF-free zone through intensifying border control, the creation of Barangay Task Forces, and an information campaign against the virus involving Local Government Units.
Since the first announcement of an ASF outbreak in the country in July 2019, Bohol generated policies to prevent the potential spread of the virus, such as the revision of the Provincial Ordinance No. 2021-015, Entitled: Prohibiting the entry of hog livestock, pork, pork products, and frozen semen that came from ASF-affected areas with penalties ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 pesos and imprisonment of not more than six months. PGBh collaborated with High-risk Municipalities in strengthening border control by deploying task forces responsible for confiscating products contaminated by ASF and veterinary quarantine services in nine seaports and one airport.
The Provincial Government aims to maintain Bohol’s classification as an ASF-free zone through intensifying border control, the creation of Barangay Task Forces, and an information campaign against the virus involving Local Government Units. Since the first announcement of an ASF outbreak in the co...