A sign in Hesse state, Germany, warning visitors for ASF infections. Photo: Twan WiermansA sign in Hesse state, Germany, warning visitors for ASF infections. Photo: Twan Wiermans

The Eastern German state Saxony is facing a renewed fight against African Swine Fever (ASF). Late March, a report came in of an infected wild boar – and mid-April the number of newly infected animals has risen to 17. The developments are not what the local authorities had been hoping. Early February, the state had achieved the status “free from ASF” as no new infected wild boar had been found for one entire year. The new cases are all found in the Görlitz district, at about 1

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