Swine fever, Lollobrigida’s plan: “We intervene in the emergency also with the army”

The announcement from the Minister of Agriculture: "177 units of armed forces personnel will be available to the commissioner to operate in combating initiatives"

ROME – Against African swine fever “we are intervening firmly with an action that also involves the use of the army with 177 units of armed forces personnel who will be available to the commissioner for operate on initiatives to combat a critical health, economic and social issue”. Thus the Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, in a press conference at Palazzo Chigi after the conclusion of the Council of Ministers.
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With the decree, Lollobrigida continues, “we are intervening on the emergency of African swine fever, an objective criticality which required a strengthening of the commissioner’s powers” because “it puts the production chains at risk and not just farms and the lives of animals”, with “thousands and thousands of pigs at risk of being killed”. The PSA impacts Italian exports, concludes the Minister of Agriculture, and “touches some areas”. of the country among the most important in terms of production such as Emilia and Lombardy”.