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The local government unit of Catbalogan City in Samar has urged its residents to get vaccinated against COVID to get the approval of the national pandemic task force for an alert level downgrade.
WINNING VS. ASF. A piggery farm in Leyte in this undated photo. The Department of Agriculture said 19 towns and cities in Eastern Visayas are now free of African swine fever.(PNA file photo) TACLOBAN CITY - At least 19 towns and cities in Eastern Visayas have been declared as African swine fever (ASF)-free after a year of battling the animal disease, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. After the ASF-free declaration for Abuyog, Leyte last year, and Ormoc City last month, 17 more areas in the region joined the list as their local governments succeeded to stop its spread. These areas are Javier, MacArthur, Mayorga, Burauen, Dulag, Carigara, Leyte, Palo and Baybay City in Leyte; Guiuan, San Policarpo, Dolores, Oras, Balangiga, Llorente, and Maydolong in Eastern Samar; and Lope de Vega in Northern Samar. "As of March 17, 2022, 19 areas in the region received the upgrade of their status from red to pink zones. The province of Biliran remains ASF-free without any reported cas