Regional News
Butuan City forms ASF task force By Nora C. Lanuza
BUTUAN CITY - Following the announcement of the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) case in Mindanao particularly in Davao Occidental on January 31, the Butuan City ASF Task Force convened for an emergency meeting on Tuesday at the City Mayor’s Conference Room to discuss contingency plan for the prevention of the local swine population. It can be recalled that the city has created an ASF task force through Executive Order No. 009, series of 2019 in October last year signed by mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada. The said task
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force is composed of four teams to focus on surveillance and monitoring; quarantine; information, education, and communication (IEC) campaign; and disease updates and policy review.
February 1-7, 2020
