Overview
- Authorities report 13 infected wild boar with no new positives as a 10‑kilometre sweep of 11,000 hectares is completed and access curbs stay in place to December 14.
- The Government approves €10 million in aid expandable to €20 million and extends ICF credit, while 35,600 pigs within the 20‑kilometre zone move to domestic slaughter after negative tests, with 39 of 55 farms already cleared by PCR.
- A six‑member independent audit panel begins inspections of nearby facilities as reference labs confirm genetic similarity to the Georgia 2007 lineage used in experiments, with the source still unproven.
- Guardia Civil and Mossos deliver a joint report to court to open an environmental‑crime investigation, with judicial secrecy expected as inquiries proceed.
- Export markets adjust: South Korea and Chile accept regionalization allowing shipments from unaffected areas, China keeps a province‑wide ban, talks continue with Japan and the Philippines, and producers cite sharp price drops of about €30 per pig.