Francisco Javier Calderon ElizaldeChief Director of the National Service of Health, Security and Quality of Agriculture (Senasika), explained that active cases Cattle patient From him Barender Worth They have been since June.
At the National Conference of the Palace, Calderon Elizalde said that from June 24, cases have decreased by 18.5 percent.
The federal official announced that the number of active affairs today is 392, although he admitted that up to 481 records of this plague was achieved.
“Since May of this year, the number of active cases, that is, the number of animals that inform us and which are considered in the process of restoration, marks the gap point, that is, we retain the prevalence of sick animals,” he said.
Today we have about 392, we have 481, and this is a very positive indicator, because as part of our strategy and part of the control metrics only from maintaining the problem under control, ”he explained.
He also said that in the framework of control actions, two billion sterile flies were released with the support of the US Department of Agriculture.
“Today we have no secondary cases, so we consider it an invasion, and we are sure that for no more than two weeks it will be inactive,” the official said.
Applications of the director of Senasica arise after the decision of the US Department of Agriculture on the closure of the border by Mexican cattle, which, after the detection of a new case of a worm with pollution in VeracrusField
This case was found in the municipality Ixhuatlán de Madero And confirmed by Senasika herself.
A week ago, the US agriculture decided to open, a stunned border since July 7 for Mexican livestock, bison and horses, which remained closed from May 11 until this plague in Mexico.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo described as “Fully exaggerated” solution The Government of the United States to close the border to Mexican cattle.
“In Veracruz there was a case that was found and immediately present (…) yesterday, knowing that there was a case in Veracruz. From the point of view, they make a completely exaggerated decision to close the border again, ”he said.
With information from López-Digo Digital
