The agency said that between April 3 and 15, the disease was confirmed in domestic pigs in the village of Radeni Vechi, in the district of Ungeni, as well as in nine wild boars found dead in the municipality of Straseni, in central Moldova. The Food Safety Agency added that quarantine measures have already been taken in both territories, and control and observation zones have been set up, especially with regard to the movement of both domestic and wild pigs.

In the period covering the years from 2016 to 2025 in the small nation health authorities found 265 dead wild boars contaminated with the African swine fever virus.

And this year, 20 outbreaks of the disease were recorded in various regions of Moldova, and in some of them quarantine was imposed. In two large farms, a decision was taken to slaughter 110,000 animals.

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