• CHERYL G. CRUZ
Bacolod City is back in the list of areas affected by the African swine fever (ASF), with 24 other cities and towns in Negros Island also in the red, or infected, zone, per the latest data released by the DA-Bureau of Animal Industry Nov. 3.
These include Talisay, Ilog, La Castellana, Pulupandan, San Enrique, Silay, and Valladolid, all in Negros Occidental.
In Negros Oriental, areas tagged as ASF-infected are Amlan, Bacong, Bais, Basay, Bindoy, Bayawan, Guihulngan, Tanjay, Dauin, Dumaguete, La Libertad, Pamplona, San Jose, Siaton, Sibulan, Valencia, and Zamboanguita.
Those in the yellow, or surveillance, zone included Bago, Candoni, Cauayan, Himamaylan, Hinoba-an, and Sagay in Negros Occidental; and Jimalalud in Negros Oriental, the DA-BAI said in its ASF Disease Status, as of Oct. 22, adding these areas are where ASF is not detected and adjacent with the pink, or buffer, zone.
Sipalay City remains as the lone area in Negros categorized as protected, or light green, while all five towns of Siquijor are ASF-free, or dark green. | CGC
