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An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) occurred on May 21 on a farm with 1,577 susceptible animals in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do. This is the first outbreak of the disease reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health in South Korea since January.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, there are 65 pig farms within the quarantine zone (10-km radius of the outbreak farm) and there are 90 pig farms with an epidemiological relationship with the outbreak farm.
For more information on the disease and to see where other outbreaks are located globally, visit our section on ASF.
May 24, 2024/ 333 Staff with information from WOAH and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea.
https://wahis.woah.org
https://www.mafra.go.kr
