Control room
Promptly disseminate information, convey and share the needs of the territory with the GOT-Territorial Operational Group and with the Extraordinary Commissioner of the PSA, formulate concrete proposals with respect to the known critical issues and the reference regulatory context, support local authorities: these are the main objectives set by the newly created control room on the PSA emergency which met for the first time, yesterday morning, in the Provincial Palace. Set up and coordinated by the Corso Garibaldi institution, completing a process reconstructed at the start of the meeting by the president of Province of Piacenza Monica Patelli, the technical discussion table has a composition that represents all the categories connected to the PSA theme and was immediately given an operational role, in the shared awareness that unity of purpose and cohesion of the territory will be decisive to obtain the necessary change of pace imposed by the rapidly evolving swine fever situation.
The commitment against PSA
After a detailed overview of the impact of the current situation on the territory and the skills of the various entities which, in various capacities, are involved in the swine fever front, the control room has defined objectives and methods of work for the coming weeks. Ample space was dedicated to the urgency of depopulating wild boars, an aspect for which the decisive role of bioregulators (the subjects authorized to harvest, with specific training in biosecurity) was unanimously recognised. Remember the differences between the areas not affected by the ASF and the others, which are subjected to various levels of restrictions, furthermore the strategy for the capture, killing and management of ungulate carcasses has been defined in relation to the overall framework of the plans of control and to the almost unanimous request to speed up the process both in terms of bureaucratic streamlining and in terms of speeding up the process that will lead to the start of the withdrawals.
The necessary precautions
Also guest of the first meeting was the Animal Health Unit of the ASL of Piacenza with Dr. Alessandro Chiatante: the necessary rules and precautions were highlighted, with a view to containment of ASF, for outdoor activities (human, recreational and sporting ) carried out in agricultural and natural areas. The frank debate that followed the technical interventions allowed the 25 people present (one of whom connected electronically) to express their point of view on the various issues, analyzed in depth also in relation to the timing and resources needed. The second meeting of the control room for the joint management of the PSA emergency will be held by the end of March (source: Province of Piacenza).