These conclusions follow from the information published by the International epizootic Bureau (OIE) on Tuesday, February 19. The latest data give an idea of the number of outbreaks as of February 14, 2019. Killed animals virus was discovered 6.5 km to the North of the previously identified lesions.

Achs is also moving in the direction of France and Luxembourg: the dead wild boars were found in 3.5 km and 3 km from the border between Belgium and these countries.

The remarkable fact that the expansion of a virus-ridden Belgian territory, happened at a time when the local Agency for food safety (FASFC) has weakened some of the rules related to circulation of pigs. Since 14 February, the trucks were again allowed to pick up pigs from different farms to transport to the slaughterhouse, subject to observance of measures of biological safety. Easing the rules was due to the conviction of the existence of control over the situation with ASF in the South of Belgium.