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Catalonia Declares Emergency as Swine Fever Probe Widens in Barcelona

Emergency powers will speed containment contracting across the 20‑kilometer control zone.

Overview

  • The Catalan government activated an emergency regime to fast‑track procurement and approved €10 million in aid expandable to €20 million, alongside expanded credit lines through the ICF.
  • Field teams finished sweeping 11,000 hectares within the initial 10‑kilometer ring and will maintain access limits across the 20‑kilometer perimeter through December 14, with 13 wild boar positives confirmed.
  • A Cerdanyola court received a joint MossosGuardia Civil report to initiate an environmental crime investigation, which is expected to be placed under secrecy once formally opened.
  • A six‑member biosecurity audit began inspecting nearby research facilities after sequencing tied the virus to the Georgia 2007 experimental lineage, and EU reference lab experts are scheduled to visit this week.
  • Trade and price pressures mounted as South Korea accepted 20‑kilometer regionalization and China applied restrictions to the entire Barcelona province, producers reported about €30 less per pig, and 35,600 pigs in the zone are being sent to domestic slaughter.