Taiwan's agriculture ministry said that gene sequencing confirmed the African swine fever strain found at a Taichung pig farm is closely related to viruses from China and Vietnam, showing high similarity. However, without a matching reference sequence in existing databases, the ministry cannot pinpoint the exact origin. It says it will submit the data to the World Organization for Animal Health to fulfill its international obligations.
00:00Taiwan has released the genome sequencing results of its investigation into an African swine fever outbreak at a pig farming Taichung in central Taiwan.
00:09The agriculture ministry said the gene sequencing confirmed the African swine fever strain is closely related to those from China and Vietnam, showing high similarity.
00:19However, without a matching reference sequence in existing databases, the ministry cannot pinpoint the exact origin, but says it will submit the data to the World Organization for Animal Health to fulfill its international obligations.
00:33Meanwhile, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party Caucus in Taichung filed a formal complaint against the city's opposition came to mayor and city officials alleging negligence in their response to the outbreak.
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