Only three Vietnam provinces free of African swine fever

The African swine fever epidemic, which has claimed the lives of over 2.2 million pigs, has cost Vietnam VND3.6 trillion ($154 million).

Vietnamese has culled 1.5 million pigs, or 5 percent of its population, that were infected with African swine fever.

Khanh Hoa, home to the popular beach town Nha Trang, has become the latest province in Vietnam to report African swine fever.

Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the U.N. said Monday.

Pandemonium ensued at a Da Nang health center when parents were asked to return home without getting their kids vaccinated.

Vietnam is trying to develop a vaccine against African swine fever, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said Tuesday.

Veterinary authorities on Monday detected African swine fever on a farm in Thua Thien-Hue Province after a few pigs were found dead there.

The reasons cited by animal health officials for the African swine fever outbreak do not match local conditions, provincial authorities say.

A Vietnamese Facebook page asked people to stop eating pork, falsely asserting that African swine fever could infect humans.

The incurable African swine fever has spread to the northern provinces of Hoa Binh and Dien Bien, bringing the total number of infected localities to nine.

A man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus after he received a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor.

Hai Phong City has become the third locality in Vietnam to detect an incurable strain of African swine fever.

An incurable strain of African swine fever has been detected in Hung Yen and Thai Binh provinces, it was announced Tuesday.