Ministry begins destruction of pigs with Swine Fever

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Saturday began destroying more than 200,000 pigs to contain the outbreak of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Greater Accra and the Central Regions.

In October this year, the Ministry banned the slaughtering, sale and movement of pigs in and out of the two regions following the outbreak of the disease, which initially killed about 700 pigs. A source at the Ministry described the outbreak of the disease, concentrated in Tema and Ashaiman in the Greater Accra, and the Awutu Bawjiase area in the Central Region, " as a national disaster".