South Korea has confirmed its seventh case of African swine fever, prompting authorities to extend a movement ban on pigs.<br />The disease continues to spread in the northern parts of the country near the DMZ.<br />It's not harmful to humans, but is fatal to pigs, putting pork supplies at risk.<br />Our Kim Jae-hee has the latest.<br />The seventh case of African swine fever has been confirmed in a farm on Seongmodo Island in Ganghwa County, in Incheon, some 80 km west of Seoul on Thursday.<br />The farm housed only two pigs and was closed to the public at the time ASF was confirmed, raising questions over how the disease found its way there.<br />This marks the third of seven confirmed ASF cases to originate in Ganghwa County.<br />The South Korean government is on high alert.<br />The entire province of Gyeonggi-do, Incheon, and Gangwon-do Province are currently under quarantine.<br />The government has also decided to prohibit the possible movement of livestock in Gyeonggi-do Province to other regions.<br />"A nationwide standstill on all pig farms, feed factories and slaughterhouses was supposed to be lifted as of 12PM Thursday, but has been extended for another 48 hours."<br />Incheon said it will cull pigs within 3 kilometers of the infected farms, which amounts to around one-fifth of the entire pig population in Incheon.<br />Public gatherings such as festivals have also been called off.<br />It's not clear how the disease entered South Korea, but North Korea reported its own outbreak back in May, so authorities are inspecting inter-Korean waterways and issuing strict quarantine orders on them as well as 14 cities and counties near North Korea.<br />Meanwhile, South Korea's local news agency yonhap reported that no cases of African swine fever were found in some one thousand wild boars across the nation.<br />Kim Jae-hee, Arirang News, Incheon.<br />
