Overview
- Regional police executed a court-ordered search of the IRTA-CReSA facility near Barcelona as part of preliminary proceedings that have been declared secret.
- Investigators are probing origin theories after sequencing showed the detected strain differs from other European cases and aligns with research and vaccine-development strains.
- All confirmed infections remain limited to wild boar within a six‑kilometre confinement zone, with 26 carcasses found and no cases reported on farms.
- The laboratory sits inside the affected area, and authorities continue surveillance, fencing, and population-control measures to contain the outbreak.
- IRTA-CReSA says it has found no evidence linking its work to the cases, and Catalan leader Salvador Illa cautioned that no explanation is conclusive as export pressures mount for Spain’s pork industry.