African Swine Fever -- North Korea
By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May [2019]. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un's reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever [ASF] disaster.
Five wild boars were found dead in or near border areas separating the 2 countries this month [October 2019] before being tested positive for the viral hemorrhagic disease, officials in South Korea
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6725083&promed&0
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