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In Asia, African swine fever (ASF) has returned to affect domestic pigs in new areas of Bhutan and Thailand, while further cases are confirmed in India, Indonesia, and South Korea. There have also been new outbreaks in seven European states, including first cases in this population in the German state of Hesse. Also in Germany, ASF virus has been detected for the first time in Rhineland-Palatinate.