African swine(猪，讨厌的人) fever outb

2018-12-05

BEIJING - African swine fever outbreaks are generally under control in China as prevention and control measures have been effective ,a senior (高级的) agricultural official said Tuesday .

A total of 81 cases of the disease had been reported in 21 provincial regions as of Monday , vice minister of agriculture and rural (乡下的) affairs Yu Kangzheng said at a meeting with political advisors .

Some 631,000 pigs were culled across the country and measures including strengthened monitoring of live pig transportation and tightened  entry inspection and quarantine have been taken ,according to Yu.

Thanks to the efforts ,the situation has started to improve and restrictions have been lifted in 35 infected areas  in eight provincial regions .

African swine fever is a highly contagious , viral disease that infects pigs . It does not affect humans or other animal species .

China will continue to tighten (使变紧) the supervision and prevent imported epidemics ,Yu said .

More than 5800 cases of the disease  have been reported in 22 countries this year.