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Spain Confirms Six African Swine Fever Deaths in Wild Boar Near Barcelona as Military Steps Up Containment

China limits restrictions to Barcelona province under a regionalization pact, preserving most Spanish pork exports.

Overview

  • Authorities report six confirmed wild-boar deaths inside the 6 km control zone in Collserola, with a wider 20 km surveillance perimeter still in force.
  • Deployment of the Emergency Military Unit has expanded from 117 to about 150 personnel to sweep terrain, remove carcasses and reinforce biosecurity barriers.
  • All 39 pig farms within the surveillance radius have tested negative, and officials say the virus has not reached domestic herds.
  • Agriculture Minister Luis Planas says China will maintain imports from the rest of Spain by applying regionalization, while Taiwan has imposed a nationwide ban on Spanish pork.
  • Investigators are probing possible routes of introduction, including discarded contaminated meat products, a hypothesis officials stress remains unconfirmed.