African Swine Fever – Situation report 01/02/2019 – 14/02/2019

The presence of ASF is notified to the OIE by its Members through the Six-monthly reports (as sufficiently stable) or through Immediate Notifications (IN) and Follow-up reports (FUR’s), when considered as an exceptional event). In 2018, this disease was notified through the six-monthly reports in 3 countries in Europe (Estonia, Italy and Lithuania) and 16 countries in Africa. This report presents an overview of the events notified through the OIE’s Early Warning System (EWS) by means IN and FUR’s. This information is publicly available. A classification of the affected population (by wild boar, backyard and farm swine) was made considering their different roles in the
epidemiology of the disease.