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We need to investigate where the African swine fever, which had been silent for a year, started again, but it seems likely that it was infected from wild boar at this time.

About 40% of the African swine fever viruses identified in wild boars from October last year to recently came from Hwacheon, Gangwon-do.

Last year, there were many northern regions of Gyeonggi-do, such as Yeoncheon and Paju, Gyeonggi Province, but this year there is a clear tendency to move eastward.

In particular, it is being found intensively near Seoraksan, where catching wild boars is legally prohibited.



This is reporter Park Chan-beom.



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past year, there have been no cases of outbreaks in farm-fed pigs, but the African swine fever virus has continued to be found in wild boars, a leading infection vector.



In particular, Hwacheon, Gangwon-do, has the largest number of wild boar infections this year, with 290 confirmed cases.



It is known that the virus positive rate of wild boar carcasses in Hwacheon region is over 15%, which is more than five times higher than in other regions.



Therefore, farmers in Hwacheon say that the outbreak of African swine fever was a matter of time.



[Jo Woo-hyung/Handon Association Chuncheon-Hwacheon Branch Manager: We do not manage wild boars in this way, and we are waiting now with only real number tags.

Who got it first (African swine fever)?

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have been 13 cases of wild boar training in Inje, Gangwon since last August, moving from the northern region of Gyeonggi to Gangwon-do, or east.



The dead body of a benign wild boar was also found in a 5 km radius of Seoraksan National Park.



As Seoraksan National Park is legally prohibited from being captured, there are concerns that the virus will spread faster as the number of wild boar populations has never been regulated.



When the virus is introduced, not only wild boars, but also birds, ticks, and other vectors can travel through Baekdu-daegan to North Chungcheong Province and North Gyeongsang Province.



[Park Seon-il / Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University: As early as November, an infected wild boar is likely to enter Mt. Seorak.

If you go to Seoraksan Mountain, you can't do anything that the government or producers can't use...

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additional fence of 3m or more should be installed in the area adjacent to the national park, and the number of wild boar populations should be further reduced by intensive capture to reduce the possibility of transmission.



(Video editing: Jaesung Lee, CG: Junho Lee)