African swine fever: No risk to consumers

(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) African swine fever (ASF), first detected in Germany in a wild boar on 10 September 2020, does not pose a health hazard to humans. " The ASF pathogen cannot be transferred to humans, " explains Professor Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel, President of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR). " No risk to health is posed by direct contact with diseased animals or from eating food made from infected domestic pigs or wild boar " .
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news