African Swine Fever -- Vietnam
A Vietnamese exchange student has been arrested by police in Japan for illegally carrying fermented pork rolls containing the African swine fever [ASF] virus into the country. Hac Thi Phuong Linh, 23, is being held at a police station in Tokyo for violating the quarantine law, her family said.
Vietnamese newspaper VnExpress reported that she was caught at Haneda International Airport on 13 Jun 2019 trying to bring in 10 kg of the pork rolls (nem chua) and 360 fetal duck eggs into Japan
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6611268&promed&0
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