African Swine Fever spreads to 13 of Thailand provinces

Agriculture Minister Chalermchai Srion admitted that African Swine Fever ASF has now spread to 13 of Thailand's provinces in the central, north-eastern and southern regions, including Bangkok. On February 3, the Livestock Development Department will seek advice from its Chinese and Vietnamese counterparts on how they have successfully tackled the same disease, he said.

Chalermchai mentioned findings of the committee in charge of prevention, control and eradication of ASF, which were gathered during inspections carried out between January 10th and 25th.