For a control of two wild boars in the fortified area in the south of the province of Luxembourg, is African swine fever determined. That was Walloon minister of Agriculture René Collin announced today. The African swine fever is advancing so further on in the Belgian Ardennes. The buffer zone is immediately expanded further to the southwest.
“These two new cases confirm the strong growth of the virus to the west. In the context of these new developments will be the control redrawn and adapted. The buffer zone will be in the southwest of the country to be extended with a part of the reinforced observatiezone”, it sounds at the cabinet of the Walloon minister of Agriculture René Collin, after consultation with the Federal Agency for the Safety of the food Chain (FASFC), the federal minister of Agriculture Denis Ducarme and the Walloon administrations.
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in Addition to the extension of the buffer zone, measures were taken for the control system in the fight against the disease to improve. Thus, all of the areas monitored, systematically searched for infected animal carcasses and the bioveiligheidsregels strictly adhered to. In the west, on the axis Pin-Orval-Limes-Gérouville-Sommethonne-Villers-la-Loue need an extra fence for the animals to prevent the destruction of wild boar intensified.
France and the Grand duchy of Luxembourg are already informed of the situation.
New campsite for youth groups
the Scouts and Guides Flanders will be the groups that camp would continue in an area hit by African swine fever to help refocus. Currently, the ten scoutsgroepen that in a risk zone, a camp registered, but that number could still increase, let the organization know today in a statement. Within that buffer zone is a summer camp in principle allowed, but it is forbidden to use the forests in the area to enter. The Scouts and Guides Flanders recommends its members to the local authorities to consult and to inquire what may and may not do.
As the camp was planned in the infected area, have the groups go in search of another campsite. That applies to both camps in tents and in buildings. In that case, the groups involved via the pedagogical staff assisted to the next camp to another site to search that caters to feasible terms and conditions such as period, capacity, price and amenities, let the Scouts and Guides Flanders know.
Cancel
it is also Important that the owner of the site contacted to cancel. In addition, the owner must also deposit that the group has paid back. This is the national secretariat of the organisation is willing to mediate if necessary.
KSA is still waiting with his groups, to advise, to the local authorities to communicate. Also Chirojeugd Vlaanderen wait for the official information of the minister of Collin. There will be, according to the youth movement separate rules apply for the various perimeters. “We have already had contact with the groups of which we know for sure that they are in the affected area a camp,” said spokesperson Niels De Ceulaer. The Chiro-groups additionally have a few months to their campsite to the organization.
