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Several restrictions have been removed in the newly defined outer area.

African swine fever (ASF) spread from Europe to China in 2018—one of the largest animal disease incidents ever. The outbreak reduced China’s pork supply, and Chinese pork prices more than doubled to reach record levels.

In light of outbreaks of African swine fever in Sweden, Norway is aiming to eradicate its wild boar population as a prevention measure.

ASF cases have been increasing since the beginning of August and are expected to continue in the near future.

The Prime Minister has issued an official statement requesting a focus on the implementation of measures to prevent and control ASF.

Since the end of October, ASF outbreaks have continued again and have spread rapidly in the Quang Tri province.

Researchers have reclassified the number of African swine fever (ASF) virus strains from 25 to only six unique genotypes.

Since the beginning of 2023, 2347 cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in wild boars in Poland.

The People's Committee of Dong Xoai city, Binh Phuoc province has declared an African swine fever epidemic in Tan Binh ward.

The first positive case of African swine fever in the Emilia Romagna region was found in a wild boar.

Danish Minister of Food, Jacob Jensen, traveled to China, where he initiated a dialogue on safeguarding Danish pork exports in the case of ASF.

Recognition by the EU had been expected for months.

Steps have been taken toward implementing the Canadian ASF Compartment Program.

Over 12,000 domestic pigs on five large farms have been affected by African swine fever outbreaks.

Wallonia is once again taking measures against the overpopulation of wild boars that they have been struggling with for years in the south of the country.

WOAH stresses the importance of the use of only high-quality ASF vaccines with proven efficacy and safety.