‘We’re on red alert’: Thailand ramps up efforts to prevent African swine fever from spreading

Thailand, one of Asia’s top pork producers, is intensifying efforts to hold off a lethal pig virus that is causing havoc as it spreads across the region.African swine fever – a disease that kills virtually all the pigs it infects – has been spreading through Asia from China and Mongolia.Millions of pigs have been culled, creating a global protein shortage, and saddling farmers and food businesses with billions of dollars in costs.“We’re on red alert for the pig virus,” Anan Suwannarat, the…