More swine fever cases are confirmed

China’s agricultural authorities said new cases of African swine fever had been confirmed in southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The outbreaks occurred on two farms in Beihai. The virus infected 1,629 of 23,555 pigs, and killed 924 of them, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Monday, citing a China Animal Disease Control Center report. A team was dispatched to the area, and local authorities initiated an emergency response. Transport of all pigs and related products in or out of the affected areas is forbidden, the ministry said. African swine fever is believed to infect only pigs, and no humans or other species have thus far been infected.