ASF has already spread to ten EU countries

Cases of infected by the African swine fever (ASF) animals are recorded in at least ten EU countries. This was reported by the representative of the European Commission (EC) Anca Paduraru, UNN reports with reference to TASS.

"In total, the disease affected ten EU states, and their representatives met today to discuss measures to prevent the spread of the disease," she noted.

It bears reminding that the ASF was first recorded in Bulgaria and China in August.

In Ukraine, however, the ASF has not ceased for five years. Last year, on the territory of our state, about 170 outbreaks of the disease were registered, in this - about a hundred.

Losses borne by Ukrainian farmers due to the spread of the virus are estimated in billions of hryvnia.

Farmer public organizations accuse the authorities of inaction.

"The state does not conduct effective work on the depopulation of wild pigs, as, for example, it is done with our neighbors - Estonia or Latvia ... Once again, I appeal to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to switch from words to deeds. In this situation, it is necessary to react as quickly as possible and implement the state strategy of overcoming ASF in Ukraine in the shortest time," the head of the Ukrainian Stock Breeders Association Iryna Palamar noted.