African swine fever: first case confirmed in Germany - how dangerous is it?

African swine fever has also arrived in Germany.

There is an official suspected case in the Berlin-Brandenburg state laboratory.

• African swine fever

  has been detected

  in a wild boar carcass

  in

  Brandenburg

  .

• The

  epidemic has been

  circulating in Poland for a long time, now

  Germany

  is also

  affected.

• The

  farmers

  see this with concern - the disease is

  fatal

  for animals

  .

Update from September 10th, 2:23 p.m

.: Albert Stegemann,

for CDU / CSU *,

addressed the followers

in a clip on Twitter on the subject of

and declared that the epidemic would be harmless to humans even then if he or she accidentally

- and warns: "We must now ensure that the market prices for the farmers do not come under too much pressure."

The African #swine plague has reached Germany.

What does this mean for farmers and consumers?

More about this in the video from @StegemannAlbert 👇 pic.twitter.com/j9Pue8izLj

- CDU / CSU (@cducsubt) September 10, 2020

Update from September 10th, 11:57 a.m

.: Federal

warned

against

with a view to possible economic consequences

after the first evidence of

in Germany

.

"A wild boar has been found in a district," she said on Thursday in Berlin.

African swine fever has been detected in a wild boar in a district of Brandenburg.

What is the #ASP?

👉🏻 # Explanatory film pic.twitter.com/uvoJ1yD1gd

- Julia Klöckner (@JuliaKloeckner) September 10, 2020

Now it is necessary to determine whether there is a spread in the area beyond the carcass discovered in Brandenburg.

Then it should also be determined which pig farms there are there.

The aim is

and

what is happening

.

Certainly pig farmers are now likely to be even more

elsewhere

.

But they would not be "arrested" for a find in a district in all of Germany.

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Julia Klöckner (CDU) warns of “scare tactics” in view of the African swine fever in Germany.

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

Klöckner emphasized that the

pigs and pork within the EU could be largely maintained - the

would not affect companies throughout Germany, but only in the area specifically affected.

According to the ministry, however, it can be assumed that

from Germany, especially to

largely disappear.

The ministry is in contact with several non-EU countries in order to also only agree on regional restrictions, it said.

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The African swine fever (symbol picture) has reached Germany.

© Lino Mirgeler / dpa

Klöckner: Precautions for swine fever should prevent it from spreading

Update from September 10, 11:25 a.m

.:

According to

a

is intended to

prevent

the spread of

after an infected dead wild boar has been found.

This included the

of passenger and vehicle traffic within the affected area and barriers, said Klöckner on Thursday in Berlin.

It is also about the use of

, the search for dead animals and the possibility of increased

by forest officials or professional hunters.

The animal disease was detected in a carcass in Brandenburg in the Spree-Neisse district.

The aim is to prevent further spreading as quickly as possible.

"It will be important to identify the infected area as quickly as possible in order to be able to delimit it accordingly," said Thomas Mettenleiter, head of the

.

It must be analyzed whether the wild boar carcass is an

or whether the infection has already spread.

The dead animal had obviously been lying there for some time.

He is very careful whether the case goes back to the spread in western Poland last year.

The #African swine fever has been detected in a #wild boar in Brandenburg.

There is no danger to humans!

Pork & pork

Pork sausages can still be consumed without hesitation.

Info in the #ASP film u.

in our FAQs ⇨ https://t.co/VGaQzZ30eo pic.twitter.com/SjNcaP2bru

- BMEL 🇪🇺 # EU2020DE (@bmel) September 10, 2020

First case of African swine fever in Germany

Update from September 10th, 10:28 am

: The animal disease African swine fever has arrived in Germany.

There is a first case, said Agriculture Minister

on Thursday in Berlin.

A suspected case of a

in Brandenburg

report) reported on Wednesday evening

was confirmed.

The carcass was found a few kilometers from the

in the Spree-Neisse district.

A sample of the carcass was brought to the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on Wednesday evening and

examined

there

.

Swine fever is harmless to humans, as Klöckner emphasized.

For domestic pigs and wild boars, however, the epidemic is

.

Farmers fear great

if it spreads

.

Several cases of African swine fever had become known in western Poland since autumn 2019.

In addition, the animal disease has already been detected in the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Romania and Belgium.

Now live: BMin @JuliaKloeckner informs about the current situation regarding the suspected #African swine plague in Germany.

#Animal disease #ASP https://t.co/xjRUs9A0nF

- BMEL 🇪🇺 # EU2020DE (@bmel) September 10, 2020

African swine fever: first official suspected case in Germany

Original report from September 9th

: Berlin - In

there is an official suspected case of

.

The Berlin-Brandenburg state laboratory had suspected a

found a few kilometers from the German-Polish border in the

, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture announced on Wednesday.

A solid protective fence was actually

planned

in

on the border with

, but has not yet been built.

A mobile fence is already there.

A sample of the dead animal is now being

examined virologically

at the

.

(CDU) will inform about the result on Thursday.

In Brandenburg there is a suspected case of African swine fever, found in wild boar carcasses, a few km from the DEU-POL border.

Probe is on the way to the Friedrich Loeffler Institute.

BMin @JuliaKloeckner will inform you about the results of the investigation tomorrow.

- BMEL 🇪🇺 # EU2020DE (@bmel) September 9, 2020

The spokesman for the

, Gabriel Hesse, told the

: “Today we have identified an official suspected case of African swine fever.” Only when the national reference laboratory also confirms the suspicion can an outbreak be spoken of.

The state crisis center and the municipal crisis centers are activated.

First protection measures are being prepared.

The

is the 

 very similar (KSP) in symptoms and history, however, is primarily located in Africa.

In recent years there have been repeated cases in Europe.

The disease has never occurred in Germany.

That could have changed now.

The viruses are harmless to humans, but are usually fatal to wild and domestic pigs.

(as / dpa)

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