China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced in a news briefing on March 6 that new cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been reported in China’s southwest Sichuan Province and central Hubei Province.
According to the announcement, a farm with 127 pigs in Xiaojin county, Sichuan Province, reported on March 6 that 38 pigs died from ASF and another 38 were infected with the virus.