China finds African swine fever in country's south, fuelling supply worries

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's three-month old outbreak of African swine fever has spread for the first time to the country's south, its major pork-consuming region, signalling how deeply the deadly disease has permeated the country's pig herd, the world's largest.

Two new cases reported in the southwestern province of Yunnan on Sunday came as China enters its peak pig production period ahead of the country's most important festival, the New Year holiday, which will be held in early February 2019.