SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) — South Korea on Monday confirmed its tenth case of African swine fever (ASF) this 12 months, prompting authorities to situation a standstill order to forestall the virus from spreading.
The outbreak was detected at a farm elevating 1,280 pigs in Naju, 320 kilometers south of Seoul, in South Jeolla Province, in accordance with the Central Accident Management Headquarters for ASF.
The headquarters famous that the farm has epidemiological hyperlinks to a web site in Yeonggwang, South Jeolla Province, the place an ASF case was reported final month.
Authorities plan to dispatch a quarantine workforce and epidemiological investigators to the farm to limit entry by outsiders. All pigs on the farm shall be culled to forestall additional unfold.
Officers additionally issued a 24-hour non permanent standstill order for pig farms and associated services, together with butcheries.
Quarantine officers work to regulate entry to a farm in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, the place an outbreak of the African swine fever was reported, on Feb. 4, 2026. (Yonhap)
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok ordered emergency containment measures, together with limiting entry to the positioning and culling operations, after receiving a report on the brand new case.
Kim additionally burdened the necessity for an intensive epidemiological investigation to find out the reason for the outbreak.
ASF doesn’t have an effect on people however is deadly to pigs, and there may be presently no vaccine or treatment for the illness.
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