African swine fever cases detected in Albania

Albania's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Friday that new cases of African swine fever have been found in the country,reported Xinhua.

They were detected in Ishull-Lezhe in the municipality of Lezhe, and 15 dead pigs were identified and buried to avoid further spread. Assisted by law enforcement entities, the ministry has put the area under veterinary supervision and banned trading of live pigs there.

The site of the cases is within a surveillance zone of an earlier outbreak on Nov. 29. The zone was released from isolation on Dec. 16 after no new cases had been found.