Helsinki, July 31, 2026 (AFP) - Finland records first African swine fever cases

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2026-07-31

Food health authorities in Finland said Friday the country has detected its first cases of African swine fever, in a number of dead wild boars. Harmless to humans, the disease is a viral hemorrhagic disease with a mortality rate close to 100 percent in pigs and boars. Preliminary tests have confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars in Virolahti, in the southeast of the country near the border with Russia, the Finnish Food Authority said.......

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