(Changnyeong=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-min = Changnyeong County, Gyeongnam, recently announced on the 6th that it has completed the culling and burial of 4,100 pigs within a 500-meter radius of a farm where an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) occurred in order to prevent the spread of the disease. After pigs continued to die over the past two to three days on a farm in Changnyeong County, the farmer reported the incident to the quarantine authorities, and the Central Incident Response Headquarters for African swine fever (CIRH) confirmed the outbreak on the 4th. In response, the county immediately held a situation assessment meeting to launch an emergency quarantine response system and, in cooperation with the CIRH, urgently deployed initial quarantine teams and epidemiological investigation teams to the site. Subsequently, a total of 4,100 pigs were culled and buried, including those from the farm where the outbreak occurred (2,500 pigs) and one adjacent farm (1,600 pigs). Earlier, the CIRH ordered a 24-hour suspension of pig movement and the prohibition of pig manure entry and exit in six cities and counties, including Changwon, Milyang, Hapcheon, Uiryeong, Haman, and Cheongdo and Goryeong in Gyeongbuk and Daegu, which are adjacent to or near Changnyeong County among 18 cities and counties in Gyeongnam. This order has now been lifted. However, the county has installed control posts at two major roads where the outbreak occurred and strictly limits the entry and exit of vehicles and outsiders to prevent further spread. This is the first time that African swine fever, which was first detected in Paju, Gyeonggi Province in September 2019, has been confirmed in Gyeongnam, following the case in Changnyeong County. This is a fatal viral infectious disease with a mortality rate close to 100% when infected, and as there is no developed vaccine or treatment, thorough quarantine measures are considered the best solution.