# Hungarian authorities ordered the culling of three-thousand pigs after African swine fever was reported in domestic pigs in country for the first time. The National Food Chain Safety Office says the virus, which is harmless to humans but highly contagious and deadly in pigs, was reported on a farm in the east of the country. African swine fever has spread from Africa to Europe and Asia, and has killed hundreds of millions of pigs, leading to trade restrictions and affecting global meat markets.
Hungary reports African swine fever in domestic pigs for first time