June 2, 2020

China confirms new ASF outbreak in Gansu

China confirmed a new outbreak of African swine fever near Lanzhou city in northwestern Gansu province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Friday, reported Reuters.

More than 90 pigs had already died on the farm of 9,900 pigs, it said.

The ministry has recently stepped up efforts to track cases of the disease, which is deadly to pigs and for which there is no cure or vaccine.