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 The authorities of the Pskov region announced a quarantine on the territory of the facility of the Utroinskaya volost of the Pytalovsky district, the press service of the regional government reported on Wednesday.

“Quarantine was introduced on the territory of an infected facility in the Utroinskaya volost of the Pytalovsky district, where ASF was detected in a dead pig. The corresponding decree was signed by the governor of the Pskov region," the statement said.

African swine fever is an infectious disease with an incubation period of up to two weeks. Its carriers are animals. The virus enters the body through food, wounds on the skin, mucous membranes, insect bites. Cases of human infection have not been registered, but scientists do not exclude such a risk.