South Korean authorities confirmed extra circumstances of African swine fever at a pig farm in a southeastern county as Prime Minister Han Duck-soo instructed officers to take ’emergency’ containment measures, Seoul-based Yonhap News reported on Sunday.
The directive got here after the sixth case of the virus, which is lethal to pigs however not dangerous to people, was confirmed on the farm in Yecheon County, 161 kilometers (100 miles) southeast of Seoul.
Han ordered authorities to take related measures, together with culling, a standstill order and an epidemiological evaluation, the prime minister’s workplace mentioned in a press release.
Source: www.anews.com.tr