Another Dead Pig That Drifted Ashore in Taiwan Found to Have African Swine Fever

Another Dead Pig That Drifted Ashore in Taiwan Found to Have African Swine Fever
A piglet at a pig farm on the outskirts of Beijing.NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images
Olivia Li
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A dead pig infected with the African swine fever virus drifted ashore onto the southwestern side of Lieyu, a rural island administered by Taiwan’s Kinmen County, on March 12. Kinmen is the name of a group of islands located southwest of the main Taiwan isle.

Lab tests confirmed that this was the third pig that tested positive for swine fever virus to have washed up on the shores of Kinmen since December.

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