February 22, 2021

Overall ASF cases involving Germany's wild boar stand at 685

Five months after the first outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the wild boar population in Germany, a total of 685 cases have been confirmed according to the TierSeuchenInformationsSystem (TSIS).

There are currently a total of 35 confirmed ASF cases in Saxony (Görlitz district) and 650 in the state of Brandenburg. The number of ASF cases are broken down as followed:

- Spree-Neiße district: 50

- Oder-Spree district: 390

- Märkisch-Oderland district: 210

To date, domestic pig populations in Germany have remained free of ASF.

- TSIS (Germany)