African swine fever, disease that wiped out millions of pigs, creeps back in Asia

China, home to half the world's hogs, is the hardest hit by African swine fever since reporting its first outbreak in 2018.- Reuters

BEIJING/HANOI (Bloomberg): African swine fever is re-emerging in Asia, threatening to upend efforts to replenish national herds after the virus killed tens of millions of pigs in the region and created a huge shortage of meat protein.

Fresh outbreaks have been reported in China and Vietnam this year, and the disease has even landed on Malaysia's shores.