German farmers sweat as pig fever reaches western Poland
01 May 2020 |
11:00 am
SARS-CoV-2 is not the only virus wreaking havoc in Europe, there's also African Swine Fever, a disease transmitted from wild boar to farmed pigs. Western Poland is currently on the front line, and Germans are worried.
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