YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. In accordance with the RA Law on Veterinary Science, the Armenian government at the September 6 sitting approved the program of measures on eradication of Africal plague of pigs and prevention of its spread in Armenia. The program was developed, taking into account the outbreaks of this disease in Armenia and the current epidemiological situation in Georgia, with the aim of reducing the damage to pig breeding to a minimum. According to the RA Government Information and PR Department, the composition of the republican anti-epidemic commission coordinating the program and the action plan were also approved by this decision. A quarantine has been imposed in order to prevent further spread of African plague of pigs in Armenia. The RA minister of agriculture was instructed to approve the list of quarantine control points in the territory of Armenia, coordinating it with the RA police chief and the appropriate regional governors. The head of the State Food Safety and Veterinary Inspection of the RA Ministry of Agriculture Grisha Baghyan told reporters after the sitting that under the program, the RA ministry of finance and economy was instructed to submit a package of proposals on compensation to the government. G. Baghyan said that so far 1,800 pigs have been killed in Armenia.

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