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In Germany there is an official suspected case of African swine fever!
The case was found in a wild boar carcass in Brandenburg, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture announced Wednesday night.
The body was found a few kilometers from the German-Polish border in the Spree-Neisse district.
Photo: Roberto Pfeil / dpa
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A sample of the dead animal is now being examined at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute. Federal Minister Julia Klöckner (47, CDU) will report on the result on Thursday. Viruses are harmless to humans, but are generally fatal to domestic and wild pigs.
▶ ︎ The spokesman for the Brandenburg Ministry of Consumer Protection, Gabriel Hesse, to the German Press Agency: “Today we have identified an official suspected case of African swine fever.” Only when the national reference laboratory confirms the suspicion can we speak of an outbreak.
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