How many ASF outbreaks have been confirmed in the EU?

According to the data provided by the ADNS, in 2018 Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary and Belgium confirmed a total of 1,335 outbreaks in domestic pigs and 5,321 in wild boars.

Based on the outbreaks notified by each country to the European Union's Animal Diseases Notification System (ADNS), the following table summarises the number of outbreaks in domestic pigs and wild boars notified since 2014.

No. of outbreaks	Pigs/Wild boars 2014	Pigs/Wild boars 2015	Pigs/Wild boars 2016	Pigs/Wild boars 2017	Pigs/Wild boars 2018	Pigs/Wild boars 2019*
Poland	2/24	1/52	20/80	81/741	109/2,443	3/1,202
Latvia	32/148	10/752	3/864	8/947	10/685	0/144
Lithuania	6/45	13/111	19/303	30/1.,328	51/1,446	0/240
Estonia	0/41	18/723	6/1,052	3/637	0/231	0/46
Czech Rep.	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/202	0/28	0/0
Romania	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/0	1,164/182	102/253
Hungary	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/138	0/681
Bulgaria	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/5	0/11
Belgium	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/163	0/463

*In the case of 2019, data between January 1st and June 2nd.

Map of the outbreaks notified in Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania in 2018 (Source: RASVE-ADNS)

Administrative regions affected by ASF in the 2014-2019 period (European Commission)

March 2019/ MAPA/ Spain. https://www.mapa.gob.es
Monday, June 3rd, 2019/ ADNS/ UE.

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