NIBONG TEBAL: African Swine Fever (ASF) has now spread more widely in Penang, with seven more pig farms being hit, bringing the total number of farms affected by the outbreak until today to 18, in three districts.
Chief Minister, Chow Kon Yeow, said that these 18 commercial pig farms - 14 are in the Seberang Perai Selatan (SPS) district, and two each in the Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) and Seberang Perai Utara (SPU) districts - involve 48,194 pigs.
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