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Germany is moving into a next phase to eradicate African Swine Fever from its wild boar population. Wild boar hunting is about to be resumed in the 1st “white zone” in Eastern Germany.

A white zone is a specific, double fenced zone around the 1st core area, where African Swine Fever virus has been detected in the local wild boar population since September. The 1st core zone is partly located inside the Oder-Spree and Spree-Neisse districts, both in Brandenburg state in Eastern Germany. Once the area has been completely isolated, the area can be depopulated from wild boar to avoid further transmission of virus. This is in line with procedures followed in the European Union – the Czech Republic and Belgium followed similar approaches to eradicate the virus.