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Swine fever can't be passed on to humans, dept insists
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/09/2018
» African swine fever (ASF) cannot be transmitted from animals to humans, the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) confirmed on Monday.
Livestock officials on guard against African swine fever
Published on 07/09/2018
» Livestock officials stationed at borders and airports have been put on high alert against pig smuggling amid growing concern over an epidemic of African swine flu in China.
Emergency meet in Bangkok to head off swine fever spread
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» An emergency meeting to head off an outbreak of African swine fever across Asia opened in Bangkok on Wednesday, after a mass pig cull in China sparked fears of a potential pandemic.
Swine fever outbreak prompts call to slaughter HK pigs
Published on 29/08/2018
» Hong Kong has been urged to slaughter local pigs separately from those imported from mainland China over fears of a rapid spread of African swine fever that has already caused more than 24,000 pigs to be culled.
China culls more pigs as authorities race to trace source
Reuters, Published on 24/08/2018
» BEIJING: China is culling over 1,300 pigs as authorities rush to control a fourth outbreak of African swine fever and try to trace the origins of the virus that first struck the world's largest hog herd three weeks ago.
WTO backs EU in Russia pork dispute
AFP, Published on 20/08/2016
» GENEVA - Russia's import ban on pork products from the European Union is not legitimate, a World Trade Organisation panel said Friday, in a key victory for the bloc.
Demos greet Chinese president in Poland
AFP, Published on 20/06/2016
» WARSAW - Rival demonstrations greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived in Warsaw on Sunday on a three-day visit focused on investment and trade with Poland, the EU's largest eastern economy.
Threat from Ebola low as Thailand is 'well prepared'
News, Published on 19/10/2014
» The Department of Disease Control has played down the threat of an Ebola outbreak in Thailand, saying experience in dealing with infectious diseases outbreaks had prepared the kingdom to cope with any emergencies.
WHO declares Ebola emergency
AFP, Published on 09/08/2014
» Nigeria became the latest country to declare a national emergency over the deadly Ebola virus on Friday, as the World Health Organisation called the epidemic that has claimed nearly 1,000 lives a global health crisis.
Safeguard the nation's health
News, Published on 16/02/2013
» This is turning out to be a bad year for public health scares. Bird flu in Cambodia has already claimed six lives, the most recent being a three-year-old girl who died this week. Now a mysterious respiratory disease similar to the Sars virus, which took nearly 800 lives in 30 countries a decade ago, has surfaced and killed five of the 11 people known to have caught it. Worse, it is feared to be capable of person-to-person transmission, although British health officials stress that such contagion would require prolonged exposure.