인천 강화군 농가 1곳 돼지열병 확진…인천에서만 2번째<br /><br />Another case of African swine fever was confirmed in the country.<br />Now there are six confirmed cases in total,… and fears are rising within the country that the disease may spread southward.<br />For the updates let's turn to our Kim Jae-hee<br />A sixth case of African swine fever has been confirmed on Wednesday,... at a farm in Ganghwa County in Incheon, some 60 km west of Seoul.<br />This is the same region where the fifth ASF case was confirmed on the previous day.<br />Inspections are currently underway for another suspected case in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi-do Province.<br />The Agriculture Ministry says it plans to inspect pig farms and livestock-related facilities in 154 cities and counties... as it prepares to disinfect them.<br />A 48-hour nationwide standstill has been in place since 12 PM Tuesday... for all pig farms, feed factories and slaughterhouses.<br />The entire province of Gyeonggi-do is now under quarantine... as is the city of Incheon and Gangwon-do Province.<br />Gyeonggi-do also said on Wednesday it will cull almost 40-thousand pigs near a farm in Paju where a case has been confirmed.<br />That will bring the total number of pigs put down across the country to more than 50-thousand.<br />Gyeonggi-do is also planning to implement six key countermeasures, such as installing more quarantine control posts, and requesting for cooperation with local military units.<br />The Blue House has also launched a separate task force that will get the latest information from agencies and come up with swift response measures.<br />The highly contagious African swine fever is harmless to humans but fatal to pigs.<br />It's not clear how the disease entered South Korea, but a case was reported in North Korea back in May, so authorities are inspecting inter-Korean waterways.<br />Kim Jae-hee, Arirang News.<br /><br />
