Overview
- A judicially ordered search of the IRTA-CReSA lab lasted roughly 12–14 hours with about 40 specialized officers seizing viral samples, technical records and electronic data under a secret probe into a possible environmental crime.
- Preliminary findings from EU veterinary experts and Spain’s Agriculture Ministry report no structural biosecurity failings or evident escape route at the facility, and the center says it is fully cooperating.
- Catalonia’s external audit is nearing completion with conclusions expected early next week as authorities continue parallel scientific, administrative and judicial inquiries.
- The outbreak remains confined to a six‑kilometer radius with 26 confirmed wild boar cases; officials report 360 animals captured and a roughly 7% positivity rate, plus restrictions across 91 municipalities to curb spread.
- Early genetic work points to a new group 29 virus related to strains used experimentally and to Georgia‑2007, yet origin attribution awaits sequencing at Algete and the IRB to compare field samples with laboratory material, while export talks progress with Japan and other partners.