Indonesia has become the latest country to confirm an outbreak of the deadly pig disease, African swine fever, increasing fears of an outbreak in Australia.
The outbreak was confirmed in the province of North Sumatra late last week, with pig deaths in other provinces also being investigated.More than a quarter of the world's pigs have been killed as African swine fever keeps spreading. Here's what we know.
And the virus lives for up to two years in pork products, with fears it could enter Australia through infected products being brought in illegally.
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