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Wiesbaden. Eleven instances of African swine fever (ASF) have now been detected in Hesse. The Ministry of Agriculture in Wiesbaden introduced this on Friday. All of the instances had been present in wild boar carcasses within the Groß-Gerau area. A complete of 108 useless wild boars had been sampled.

In accordance with a spokesman for the ministry, different instances may very well be added from the samples taken thus far. The rationale: To be thought of a constructive case, samples of the useless animals have to be independently confirmed as instances of swine fever by two laboratories.

After swine fever was present in a useless wild boar close to Rüsselsheim in mid-June, the authorities established a restricted space. Inside the so-called restricted space, some restrictions apply to the general public, resembling a leash requirement for canines, but in addition for looking and agriculture.

All the Groß-Gerau area, elements of the Offenbach-Land, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Bergstrasse and Fundamental-Taunus areas are affected. The cities of Frankfurt am Fundamental, Wiesbaden and Darmstadt are additionally partially affected by the restricted space. The exclusion zone extends to Rhineland-Palatinate, south of Mainz. The pathogen that causes African swine fever is innocent to people. In pigs, nevertheless, the illness is nearly at all times deadly. (dpa.)