CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -NEW DELHI, July 22 (Xinhua ) – African swine fever (ASF) cases have been reported from two farms in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Friday.

Detailed explanation-2: -African Swine Fever detected in Assam, culling of pigs begins around epicentre.

Detailed explanation-3: -African Swine Flu confirmed in Thrissur.

Detailed explanation-4: -ASF was first described in 1921 in Kenya. In the decades that followed, it spread in several sub-Saharan African countries but remained on the African Continent until 1957. African swine fever reached Europe in 1957 when it was detected in a Portugal pig farm.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Mizoram government had also killed more than 37,000 pigs after the state also detected the African swine fever virus. African swine fever is a highly contagious and fatal viral disease affecting domestic pigs.