JakartaGlobe-Feb 5

Authorities said on Wednesday that the African swine fever had arrived in Bali following the deaths of more than 800 pigs on the popular holiday island in December, but the virus was likely contained as no new deaths had been detected on the island in the past week. The confirmation came just six weeks after the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirmed the country’s first ASF outbreak in North Sumatra that killed more than 30,000 hogs in the province. “A week ago we received a test result from a Medan veterinary center showing a positive test for African swine fever,” Ida Bagus Wisnuardhana, the head of Bali’s agriculture and food security department, said on Wednesday as quoted by Antara news agency.

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