South Korea is ramping up its disinfection efforts against African swine fever as the country confirmed its ninth case of the animal disease earlier today.<br />"Nine cases have been confirmed so far. Five out of the nine confirmed cases originated in Ganghwa County. A total of 62 thousand pigs are subject to culling,... and around 29 thousand pigs have been culled so far."<br />Two suspected cases in Yangju,... a city close to Seoul, and one suspected case in Yeoncheon turned out negative.<br />All the confirmed cases of African swine fever have been detected in regions relatively close to North Korea,.... such as the northern areas of Gyeonggi-do Province and Incheon.<br />The government has banned all vehicles engaged in the livestock industry in northern Gyeonggi-do Province from traveling outside of the area.<br />The highly contagious disease is harmless to humans but highly fatal to pigs.<br />Authorities are currently working to find out exactly *how the disease entered South Korea.<br />
