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The total number of African swine fever (ASF) cases in Brandenburg and Saxony climbs to 812.
Brandenburg: More confirmed cases outside the core areas
The National Reference Laboratory, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI), has confirmed the presence of ASF in 16 additional wild boars. Some of the carcasses found were outside the existing core areas: in the district of Spree-Neisse, a carcass was found near Zelz on the eastern side of the permanent fence along the Polish border; in Werbig, in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, an ASF-positive carcass was found in the risk area; in Frankfurt (Oder) there was another found in the northern part of the city, inside the temporarily erected electric fence.
The number of confirmed ASF cases in the state of Brandenburg reached 751.
- District of Spree-Neiße: 59
- District of Oder-Spree: 460
- District of Dahme-Spreewald: 9
- District of Märkisch-Oderland: 221
- Frankfurt (Oder): 2
Saxony: Extension of restricted areas to contain ASF
There are currently 61 confirmed cases of ASF in Saxony. Due to the current outbreaks, Saxony is extending the restriction areas in the district of Görlitz with two general decrees defining the new territorial boundaries of the risk area and the buffer zone.
The risk area will be extended to Highway 4 in the south and to Boxberg in the west, increasing the area from 322 to 989 square kilometers. The buffer zone will be extended in the south to Löbau and in the west to the municipalities of Kubschütz, Großdubrau and Lohsa, spanning 790 square kilometers.
March 11, 2021/ Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration, and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg and Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion of the State of Saxony/ Germany.
https://msgiv.brandenburg.de
https://www.sachsen.de/
