ASF virus is now in North Korea
The first African Swine Fever outbreak in North Korea has been reported on May 25. 20 pigs were culled in a farm close to the Chinese border and 70 were found dead, according to South Korean authorities. North Korea has taken some measures, including disinfection, to keep the disease from spreading. No cases of the virus have been detected in South Korea to date, according to Pork Business magazine.
Following North Korea’s ASF outbreak, the South Korean government is holding a meeting to discuss ways to prevent the virus from spreading to their country. Like China, the world's biggest producer and consumer of pork, Korea has one of the world's highest densities of domesticated pigs. According to a government order issued this week in South Korea, people who carry or bring in pork from countries with confirmed outbreaks face a $4,200 fine.
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