South Korea - Outbreaks of African swine fever 2019/2020

[Shiloh]

Source: http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=152694

12 More Cases of African Swine Fever Confirmed in Wild Boars
Write: 2020-04-11 13:55:11 / Update: 2020-04-11 16:41:12

South Korea has reported 12 more cases of the African swine fever.

The National Institute of Environmental Research said Saturday the virus was found in the carcasses of 12 dead wild boars discovered in Hwacheon and Cheorwon in Gangwon Province and Yeoncheon in Gyeonggi Province...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health...after-new-cases-of-african-swine-fever-yonhap

S.Korea culls 1,500 pigs after new cases of African swine fever -Yonhap
Reuters
Publishing date:
Oct 09, 2020 • Last Updated 4 hours ago •

SEOUL — For the first time in a year, South Korea found new cases of African swine fever on a farm this week, forcing authorities to cull at least 1,500 pigs, the Yonhap news agency said on Friday.

Three dead pigs tested positive for the disease, which does not affect humans but can be deadly to pigs, at a farm in the province of Gangwon late on Thursday...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1346296/s-korea-reports-additional-asf-positive-pigs

S. Korea reports additional ASF-positive pigs
The Korea Herald/Asia News Network / 12:03 PM October 11, 2020
(Yonhap via The Korea Herald/Asia News Network)

SEOUL — South Korea has reported additional cases of African swine fever (ASF) in a northeastern county where the country’s first outbreak for the year was reported, the provincial government said Sunday.

Following the report of the first case last week, samples from a neighboring pig farm in Hwacheon tested positive for the disease, according to the Gangwon provincial government.

The country reported its first ASF case since October 2019 on Friday at a farm in Hwacheon, 120 kilometers east of Seoul.

However, nearly 800 cases have been found in wild boars near the inter-Korean border area since last year...