Quarantine officials wearing protective gear enter a pig farm involved in African swine fever in Paju, South Korea, September 18, 2019. Yonhap via REUTERS
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has confirmed a second case of African swine fever at a pig farm near the border with North Korea, a day after reporting its first-ever outbreak of the virus, deadly to pigs but not harmful to humans.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday that the second case was detected at a farm in Yeoncheon, northwest of the capital Seoul, where 4,700 pigs had been raised. North Korea reported its first case in late May.
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