Kerla News: Taking up the figures of the last few years, it is known that the risk of many types of infectious diseases in India has increased rapidly. In recent times Brain-eating amoeba in Kerala And H3N2 flu virus in Delhi (Due to which the outbreak of patients suffering from cough and troubled patients is increasing in hospitals). Now the recent report has alerted the increasing cases of African swine fever in Kerala. Prior to Kerala, some cases of African swine fever were reported earlier this month in Arunachal.
Health experts say, the fear of these diseases is not only limited to the patient, but the whole society can be vulnerable to it. On the one hand, brain-eating amoeba infection is making water-related activities risky, while H3N2 infection can spread rapidly to crowded cities. African swine fever does not directly make humans sick, but can create an economic crisis by causing heavy losses to livestock.
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African swine fever cases in Kerala
Health officials said in a recent report that African swine fever has been detected in Thrissur district of Kerala.
According to officials, after tests conducted at a government laboratory in Bhopal, infection in pigs was detected in the Mulanakunnathukavu Panchayat. A team has been deployed here to prevent the infection from spreading.
An official release said that this team under the leadership of Animal Husbandry Department has started a campaign to stop the spread of the disease. Authorities have declared an area of one kilometer around the affected form to an infected and 10 km area around it as a monitoring area.
District Collector Arjun Pandian has ordered the infected areas to ban the sale and transportation of pigs and asked to stop their work to the shops selling pig meat. Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Isaac Sam clarified that the disease only affects pigs and does not spread to other animals or humans.
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Cases were also reported in Arunachal Pradesh
Earlier, an outbreak of African swine fever was revealed from various places in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. District Magistrate Liyi Bagra of West Siang had said on 4 September that the district administration had banned the import of pigs from outside the district to prevent the spread of the disease.
Apart from this, the administration had directed the butchers selling pig meat to receive inspection reports from the veterinary officer. Those who violated the order were also warned to register a case under the relevant provisions of the law.
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Know about African Swine Fever
The World Health Organization (WHO) report says, African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease in domestic and wild pigs, whose mortality has been seen up to 100%. Although it is not very threat to human health, but it can have a disastrous effect on the population of pigs and the agricultural economy. The virus is highly resistant to the environment, which means that it can live longer on clothing, shoes, wheels and other materials.
Medical reports suggest that ASF is no threat to human health and there is no evidence of the infection of this disease in humans with products made from pigs or pig meat.
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