Korea strengthens quarantine against African swine fever
Social affairsNov 13, 2018
South Korea has stepped up quarantine efforts against African swine fever to prevent the contagious pig virus from entering the country, the farm ministry said Tuesday.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it will utilize big data to increase animal virus tests on air routes that have high numbers of unregistered livestock product import cases. It said more X-ray screening will be carried out at airports. The move comes as there has been sharp rise in swine fever in China. (Y