China confirms African swine fever outbreaks in Sichuan, Hubei provinces

China confirmed outbreaks of African swine fever in its key pork-producing provinces of Sichuan and Hubei, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement on Saturday.

The cases were detected in Aba prefecture in the southwestern province of Sichuan, and the city of Xiangyang in the central province of Hubei.