Swine fever outbreak in Japan for first time in 31 years

For the first time since 1992, Japanese authorities have discovered a focus of swine fever on the territory of the large island of Kyushu in the southwest of the country, Report informs referring to TASS.

An outbreak of infection was detected in the Saga prefecture located on the island. In this regard, about 10,000 animals will be slaughtered at the local farm.

The leadership of the prefecture began to investigate the causes of the outbreak of fever.