SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) — South Korea confirmed a brand new African swine fever (ASF) case at a pig farm within the southern county of Euiryeong on Monday, in what marked the twentieth case of such an an infection in South Korea this season.
As a part of efforts to stop extra infections, the Central Catastrophe and Security Countermeasures Headquarters plans to conduct an epidemiological investigation and limit entry to the positioning within the county in South Gyeongsang Province. All pigs on the affected farm shall be culled.
The nation confirmed its first ASF case of the 12 months earlier this month within the jap metropolis of Gangneung after a two-month hiatus.
ASF doesn’t have an effect on people however is deadly to pigs, and there’s presently no vaccine or remedy for the illness.
Quarantine officers conduct disinfection to stop the unfold of African swine fever at a area in Wonju, some 90 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Feb. 10, 2026, on this file picture supplied by Nonghyup Gangwon workplace. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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