On May 8, 2019, white disinfectant powder is scattered on the ground around the pig farm building in Jiangjiaqiaoc, Hebei Province, northern China. (Sam McNeil / AP Photo)
Paris — China has reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) at a pig farm in the province of Hainan Island in the southern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said Tuesday.
Outbreaks on farms of 1,063 animals began on October 23 and were confirmed on October 31, the organization said, citing a report by Chinese authorities.
African swine fever is harmless to humans, but deadly to pigs. After reaching China in August 2018, the virus wiped out 50% of the country’s pigs within a year.
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