African Swine Fever -- Russia
Russian authorities announced new cases of African swine fever (ASF) in the Amur region near its border with China on Wednesday [21 Aug 2019]. Pigs infected with the deadly ASF virus that has no cure or vaccine at this time were found at 2 private farms in the village of Volkovo near Blagoveshchensk, Reuters reports. In early August [2019], an ASF outbreak was detected at a small farm in Russia's Primorsk region near the country's border with China.
The ASF virus is highly transmissible
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6637444&promed&0
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