Overview
- Authorities confirm 13 infected wild boar in Collserola and no positives in commercial farms, with recent tests in the 20‑kilometer buffer returning negative results.
- The Catalan government will name a mixed Catalan‑Spanish‑EU expert team to audit biosecurity and investigate origins after sequencing showed similarity to the Georgia 2007 group used in labs.
- Officials now say 61,500 pigs will be culled across 55 farms—revising down from an earlier 80,000 capacity figure—with meat certified safe for human consumption but limited to domestic sale.
- Export disruptions continue after bans by several countries, though the agriculture chief says South Korea will resume purchases and China is allowing limited sourcing, with talks ongoing with Japan and the Philippines.
- Containment measures include restricted access across 91 municipalities and selective boar captures in the buffer zone, while Valencia and Aragón roll out hunter payments and trapping to reduce wild boar populations.