A hotbed of African swine fever was reported in Vulcanesti town last weekend. Two domestic pigs were found dead near a field situated 800 meters from Vulcanesti. In a press release, the National Food Safety Agency said the Vulcanesti exceptional anti-epizootic commission was convened to approve a plan of action for combating the hotbed.

Constantin Rotaru, of the Agency’s press service, has told IPN that the police became involved to determine who took the pigs to that place. The town will be in quarantine for two months. The area where the pigs were found is disinfected. Five filters were set up at the entrance to the town. The units of transport are checked and disinfected. Swine cannot be sold at the markets.

The last hotbed of African swine fever was detected in a private farm in Mereni village of Anenii Noi district on June 9. The owner is from Mereni, while the farm was about 1.5 km of the village.