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Swine fever in China
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China grabs #varkenspest with the cover-up(as China NOW did the same with Corona virus)because of which the disease has only spread faster. At least half of the pig population in China has disappeared because of African swine fever. Officially, the “worst animal disease ever” is almost under control. That behind that story lies another reality, pig farmer Wu knows all too well.
Of course pig farmer Wu also knows that things in China do not always go by the book. And, of course, he didn't expect him to get the compensation he was entitled to under the rules. But that the government would leave him like that, with a cart load of dead pigs and a financial millstone around his neck, he wouldn't have seen it coming. That's why Wu is doing something he would never otherwise consider: talking to the foreign press.
Of course pig farmer Wu also knows that things in China do not always go by the book. And, of course, he didn't expect him to get the compensation he was entitled to under the rules. But that the government would leave him like that, with a cart load of dead pigs and a financial millstone around his neck, he wouldn't have seen it coming. That's why Wu is doing something he would never otherwise consider: talking to the foreign press.
What causes Wu and his colleagues to despair is African swine fever, the highly contagious and deadly swine disease that has been raging through China for almost a year. From Liaoning in the far north, where the virus appeared in August last year, the epidemic spread all the way to Hainan, in the far south. According to specialists, it is the worst animal disease of all time, with mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth disease falling apart. For humans, the virus is not dangerous, but for pigs it is “like ebola.”
The Chinese government clears over 100 million pigs
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