15 Jul 2024
ASF outbreaks spreading in Vietnam, government say
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HANOI, July 15 (Reuters) – African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam and could affect its food supplies and put upward pressure on inflation, according to a government document.
ASF has for years disrupted the $250 billion global pork market. In the worst outbreak in 2018 and 2019, about half the domestic pig population died in China, the world’s biggest producer, causing losses estimated at more than $100 billion.
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“The risk of wider spread of the disease is very high, and it can affect food supplies, consumer prices and the environment,” said the Vietnamese government document, which was dated July 14 and was reviewed by Reuters.
Vietnam has culled 42,400 infected pigs so far this year, the document said, up by nearly five times that of the same period last year.
The Southeast Asian country has this year detected 660 ASF outbreaks nationwide, compared to 208 outbreaks during the same period last year.