Thailand denies swine flu cover-up as pig supplies fall, prices soar


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BANGKOK, Jan 9 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The Thailand government on Sunday denied covering up an outbreak of African swine fever (AFS) in Thailand amid growing suspicion that AFS is to blame for falling local pork supplies and surging prices.

AFS is already decimating pig herds in neighbouring Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam as well as dozens of other countries.

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