All restrictions on African swine fever in Belgium are lifted after a two-year policy has led to the eradication of the disease on Belgian territory. In September 2018, a wild boar infected with ASF was discovered in the province of Luxembourg. The measures taken by Belgium since then to eradicate this disease include the deployment of an emergency veterinary team of experts from the EU, increased passive surveillance, awareness-raising and cooperation between all stakeholders (in particular private and public veterinarians, foresters, farmers and hunters), as well as with neighbouring countries. Elements now support the absence of the circulation of the ASF virus in Belgium during the past 12 months and the disease has not spread to the domestic pig population. Following a vote by the Member States in a standing committee yesterday and the adoption of the regulation by the Commission today, all restrictions relating to Belgium must therefore be lifted. Belgium became the second Member State after the Czech Republic to eradicate ASF on its territory in 2019. The disease is still reported in eleven Member States.
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