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The National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever (ASF) - the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (FLI) - confirmed the official suspicion of ASF in eleven more wild boar. Ten are from the first core area in the Oder-Spree district around Neuzelle, and one was found near Friedland/Klein Briesen (LOS). This brings the total number of confirmed ASF cases in wild boar in the state of Brandenburg to 114:
- Spree-Neisse district - 13
- Oder-Spree district - 94
- Märkisch-Oderland district - 7
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Total for state of Brandenburg - 114
The head of the ASF crisis team, consumer state secretary Anna Heyer-Stuffer stated, "With this find, a new situation has arisen to which we are now reacting immediately. The restriction zones will be adjusted and extended accordingly. The German Armed Forces will provide support in the fast and targeted search for fallen game in the vicinity of the site of the discovery. A new core area will be designated around the site and initially fenced in with an electric fence, which will later be replaced by a permanent fence."
The existing endangered area will also be extended in accordance with the new situation. The district Oder-Spree will adapt the existing general ordinance on epizootic diseases, which defines concrete measures for the restriction zones.
October 30, 2020/ MSGIV/ Germany.
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