Overview
- The Agriculture Ministry’s latest update reports 13 detected foci and 47 positives, all within the designated high‑risk perimeter around Cerdanyola del Vallès.
- Two additional clusters were identified after 18 dead wild boar were found, while tests on 530 other animals in and around the zone returned negative results through active trapping and passive sampling.
- Sequencing by the IRB of 17 samples indicates the circulating virus does not match strains handled at IRTA‑CReSA or known global variants, suggesting a possible new lineage.
- Four inquiries into the origin are ongoing: a Generalitat expert review with IRB analyses, a Ministry study at the Algete reference lab, and police investigations by Mossos d'Esquadra and the Guardia Civil.
- Several countries including Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Mexico have restricted Spanish pork imports, as Spain seeks carve‑outs for products such as jamón and Catalonia readies indemnity payments to affected farmers.