African swine fever continues; Finland plans to expand the epidemic "core area."

The Finnish Food Authority announced on the 12th that it would expand the previously designated outbreak core area due to the discovery of more wild boars dying from the African swine fever virus, prohibiting activities such as hunting in this region to prevent further spread of the epidemic. On July 30, the Finnish Food Authority confirmed the detection of the African swine fever virus in a dead wild boar found in Virolahti, southeastern Finland, marking the country's first reported case of the disease. The Finnish Food Authority promptly declared a core outbreak zone with a radius of about 3 kilometers centered around the site of the infected wild boar, prohibiting hunting, foraging, forestry operations, and other activities in this area.