African swine fever confirmed in Poland

RIGA, Feb 18 - The Latvian Food and Veterinary Service has been informed by the Polish Veterinary Service that a case of African swine fever has been confirmed in Podlaskie Province, 900 meters away from Poland's border with Belarus.

The Polish Veterinary Service has informed the Latvian Food and Veterinary Service that it has taken steps to prevent the disease from spreading, imposing stricter supervision over the affected area.

As reported, Latvian government has allocated a total of EUR 1,352,949 from the state budget's emergency funds to the Finance Ministry, the Agriculture Ministry and the Interior Ministry for African swine fever prevention measures.

African swine fever has never been registered in the territory of Latvia.

The Agriculture Ministry received information regarding the outbreak of African swine fever in southern Lithuania on January 24.
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