ASF Spain: Number of infected wild boar up to 16

outbreaks elsewhere in Europe, the spread of the virus thus appears to go relatively slow, especially considering the fact that the first cases were reported on November 26. That the spread could perhaps be stopped in a relatively early stage was also the message of ASF expert, Prof José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, who was interviewed in Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia. He said, “I’m very confident that the situation can be controlled without it escalating. I’m confident because I know the system in Catalonia well and the people working there, who are very competent, and that’s why I think the spread can be stopped.” In the meantime, the debate continues as to where the virus came from. Prof Sánchez-Vizcaíno said in his view there is no doubt it escaped from a laboratory. In the same interview he commented, “It is a strain that was not circulating in any of the affected countries, so it must have come from the only remaining source, which is a laboratory. Regarding CReSA, ...