We begin this morning with yet another confirmed case of African swine fever in South Korea... bringing the total number of confirmed cases to ten in the span of two weeks.<br />Arirang News' Won Jung-hwan is live on the line with the details.<br />Jung-hwan, this was the suspected case north of Seoul reported yesterday?<br />You're absolutely right, Connyoung.<br />The suspected African swine fever case at a pig farm in Paju, a city close to the inter-Korean border, which was reported here in South Korea on Tuesday, came back positive before daybreak on this Wednesday.<br />Now, Paju, north of Seoul, is the same place where the very first case of ASF in this country was confirmed roughly two weeks ago.<br />This latest case brings the number of confirmed cases of African swine fever in South Korea to TEN.<br />So, what kinds of measures are being taken by the authorities in charge?<br />Connyoung, as of 3:30 AM Korea time, South Korean authorities have issued a movement ban of<br />hogs for 48 hours in Gyeonggi-do Province, Incheon and Gangwon-do Province to prevent the further spread of the deadly animal disease as they continue to look into the source of the virus.<br />With the latest case confirmed this morning, more than 110-thousand hogs are expected to be culled nationwide to prevent the spread of the virus - that's nearly one-percent of all pigs in South Korea.<br />African swine fever is highly contagious and nearly 100-percent fatal to swine herds.<br />There is no vaccine for the disease... but it does not affect humans.<br />Up until now, cases in South Korea have mostly been concentrated near the border with North Korea. Connyoung.<br />Arirang News' Won Jung-hwan with the latest on the tenth confirmed case of African swine fever in South Korea. Thanks, Jung-hwan.<br />
