African swine fever outbreak in the Czech Republic after almost five years

The Czech authorities immediately set up an observation area of 200 square kilometers. Entry into the forests is restricted and hunting is prohibited. The aim of the measures is, among other things, not to chase wild animals, in order to contain the spread of the pathogen more quickly. The Czech authorities are very concerned about the increasing number of cases of African swine fever (ASF) in Saxony, Germany, on the other side of the border. The Czech Republic itself has successfully combated and controlled ASF in recent years. At the end of June 2017, the virus was diagnosed in two wild boars from the Zlin region in the eastern Czech Republic. In ...