BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan, Philippines — The areas in Barangay Apalen in this town where 30 hogs were confirmed to have died of African swine fever (ASF) have been cordoned off. “This is now under investigation... We are waiting for the result as to where (the virus) came from,” Rosendo So, chairman of the Sama-hang Industriya ng Agrikultura, said. The Department of Agriculture declared Pangasinan ASF-free after hogs grown in Barangay Baloling, Mapandan, where the first ASF cases in the province were reported, tested negative for the virus. The infected hogs came from Bulacan. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said ASF reached two barangays in Dasmariñas, Cavite and in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija.

Source: Philippine Star October 19, 2019 18:55 UTC