The authorities of the Walloon region in the south of Belgium banned forest walks to local residents because of the threat of spread of ASF (African swine fever), UNN reported referring to the statement of the regional minister of agriculture Renée Colen.
African swine fever (ASF) could get to China from the countries of the European Union or Transcaucasia. This was stated in the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision, UNN reported.
The Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) confirmed the ASF among 2 wild boars near the Belgian village of Etal, in the southern province of Luxembourg, pigua.info reported.
According to the Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia, 15 new cases of African swine fever were detected in the population of wild boars last week. In general, since the beginning of the year, the ASF has already been identified among 720 boars in more than 200 districts of the country and in one city. This is reported by the Latvian portal LSM.lv, UNN informed.
According to the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, 4 cases of African swine fever were recorded from 06.09.2018 to 10.09.2018 in Ukraine.
Three cases of African swine fever have been recorded in the Kyiv, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions over the past week. This was reported by the press service of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, agronews.ua reported.
In Kherson, because of the outbreak of the African swine fever, it was decided to ban the trade of meat and meat products in the market towns of Khersonskyi komunalnyi rynok CE and the Komunalnyi rynok cooperative. This is reported by pik.ua.
On September 3 in China, two cases of African swine fever were recorded. This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, pigua.info reported.
On September 1, 2018 a new case of African swine fever was recorded in the Dnipro region of Kherson. This is reported by PIK with reference to the Department of Civil Defense and Defense Work of the State Administration.