New cases of African swine fever were recorded in the villages Crocmaz and Olănești of Ștefan Vodă district and in Giurgiulești village of Cahul district. The National Food Safety Agency said the presence of the virus in domestic pigs was confirmed by the National Veterinary Diagnosis Center by lab tests on August 27 and 28.

Maxim Sârbu, section head at the Agency’s Sanitary-Veterinary Surveillance Division, has told IPN that the virus was detected in eight pigs in Giurgiulești and in 11 pigs in the two villages of Ștefan Vodă, all in individual farms. The animals were killed and burned.

The exceptional anti-epizootical commissions of Ștefan Vodă and Cahul approved a comprehensive plan of action for combating and eradicating the hotbeds. The National Food Safety Agency permanently monitors the situation through its district bodies so as to limit the extension of the disease and eliminate it.

The Agency calls on the citizens not to buy pork and pork products from abroad (Ukraine, Romania) and not to take them to Moldova.
 
The African swine fever is not dangerous for humans, but spreads swiftly among animals and causes considerable damage. Active hotbeds of African swine fever in August existed in Giurgiulești, Cahul and Vulcănești.