'Very serious': African swine fever spreads in China

African swine fever has spread rapidly to more than half of China's provinces despite measures to contain it, the government said, warning that a situation previously described as under control had become "very serious."
"The epidemic has appeared in 17 provinces, spreading to large pig-farming provinces in southern China."
In early September government-controlled media said African swine fever had been discovered in just five provinces, with the agriculture ministry saying at the time that the virus was "generally under control."