Overview

• First ASF-positive wild boar carcass was discovered in Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein on July 2, extending the outbreak beyond Kreis Olpe within the existing infected zone.
• Detection dogs have now uncovered eleven infected wild boar carcasses in the Sauerland region since mid-June, including three juvenile piglets found on July 1.
• Virological analysis by the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut shows the current strain diverges from earlier German cases and closely aligns with viruses from Calabria, Italy.
• Authorities have maintained the infected zone’s 500-meter radius without expansion, enforcing marked-path-only access, mandatory dog leashing, and a ban on pig transport from affected areas.
• Infected domestic herds risk whole-herd culls that carry severe economic losses and trade restrictions as epidemiologists investigate how the virus entered Kreis Olpe.