After a four-month absence, African swine fever has been confirmed again in Bhutan and new cases have occurred in India, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

A further outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs has been confirmed in South Korea by the agriculture ministry. This brings to 28 the number of outbreaks on the nation’s farms since September 2019, while outbreaks have been recorded on seven farms so far this year.