New Delhi: Entire country is now facing the deadly epidemic of the coronavirus. In this taime Mysterious virus kills more than 1950 pigs . Six districts in Assam are under the control of this mysterious virus. The purchase of pork and its meat was banned on Saturday.
Agriculture Minister Atul Bora said the directive had “banned people who buy pork and meat.” A team has been deployed to the affected areas and samples of the dead pigs have been taken after reports of pigs dying in such an unnatural manner.
Pigs were sampled at the North Eastern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and the Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory. The cause of death of the pig is not yet clear from reports. According to the Agriculture Minister, all the samples have now been sold to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal. The next step will be taken after the report comes from Bhopal. Eight districts have been declared containment zones, where pigs have died to prevent the spread of the disease.
