Evidence of African swine fever recombination: researchers in China reported genotype I and II recombinant ASF viruses detected in pigs.
● ASF Expansion in Europe: first outbreaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia raise total affected countries to 23.
● ASF in Italy: ASF virus was detected in a wild boar carcass in the province of Pavia. The disease's arrival in Lombardy raises concerns, given the role of the region's pig farming industry.

Surveillance at Points of Entry

● Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport: US Customs and Border Patrol agents seized 83 pounds of beef from a man who had come from South Africa.

● The Customs Department, Thailand: 161 containers of frozen pork weighing 8,818,490 pounds (4 million kg), imported without information on its origin and certification to ensure hygienic slaughtering processes, were seized and handed over to be destroyed under the Animal Epidemic Act.

● North Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia: four trucks transporting 198 pigs despite restrictions on pig traffic in North Toraja, were detained by the ASF Task Force Team