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African Swine Fever — Myanmar
More than 2000 pigs have been culled in Mong La Special Region 4’s Silu and Maing Ma regions in the eastern Shan State of Myanmar as of [Wed 7 Aug 2019], after nearly 500 pigs died from what is suspected to be the African swine fever [ASF] earlier this month [August 2019].
“We are currently doing contagious pig disease control in the region,” said U Kyi Myint, secretary of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA). He told The Irrawaddy on [Wed 7 Aug 2019] that this year’s incident is