African Swine Fever outbreaks trigger quarantines in Uganda and India

African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks have triggered quarantine measures in Uganda and India.

In Uganda’s Kalangala district, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has imposed a quarantine covering affected sub-counties and a 20-kilometre radius. The move follows laboratory confirmation of the disease after more than 300 pigs died within three weeks. The losses include 276 piglets distributed under the National Oil Palm Program (NOPP). Authorities have banned the sale and movement of pigs and pig products, and ordered the closure of all pig markets and loading sites in the area.

In India, the Noklak district administration has declared New Pangsha village an infected zone after tissue samples tested positive for ASF. A one-kilometre radius around the village is designated as an “Infected Zone,” with a ten-kilometre “Surveillance Zone” extending beyond it. The administration has prohibited the slaughter, sale, purchase, and transportation of pigs and pork products in these areas. Officials have instructed that dead pigs must be disposed of via deep burial or incineration to prevent further spread.