In the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi, about 414,000 pigs infected with African plague were rejected, resulting in losses of $ 1 trillion. US dollars).

Chu Fu Mai, director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the losses included payment for the selection of infected pigs, disinfectant chemicals and other measures to prevent the epidemic.

African swine fever reached the city in early March and spread to 24 of its 29 regions. In accordance with current legislation, local authorities must pay a certain amount to households that have lost pigs, based on the weight of the rejected animals.

Payment must be made within a week. However, many districts, including Ung Hoa, Kuok Hoai, Touch To and Sots Son, ran out of budget reserves to compensate for the affected households.

In Hanoi, about 10,000 ASF infected pigs are slaughtered daily, a few weeks earlier this figure was 6,000 animals.

According to the Hanoi People’s Committee, the disease has spread to farms managed by more than 23,300 households, or 30 percent of all farms in the capital. In Vietnam, outbreaks have been reported in 60 of 63 cities and provinces.