Chile: SAG raises alert and redoubles inspection after an outbreak of African swine fever in the Dominican Republic

By Redacción PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) is on alert and activated all the protocols established after the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) to the Dominican Republic, after reporting the presence of this animal disease in 11 of its provinces., Although ASF does not put people's health at risk as it is not a zoonosis, the SAG calls for passengers entering the country not to bring products of animal origin, as Chile is free of this disease. Until last week, when the Dominican Republic reported the presence of ASF in its territory, America was the only continent that was free of this virus that has a great health and productive impact, causing a very high mortality in pigs (pigs and wild boars) , even reaching 100% of affected animals., Within the framework of this alert, the SAG is redoubling the inspection carried out at border controls, especially on flights from the Dominican Republic, Panama and the Caribbean. This, since, ...