A dead pig that drifted ashore in Kinmen tested positive for African swine fever, forcing a week-long ban on pork shipments to Taiwan — bad news for local pig farmers, but a contained scare so far.

• The carcass washed up on the Kinmen coast and was burned and buried on the spot after sampling.
• Pork and pork products from Kinmen cannot be shipped to Taiwan's main island or other outlying islands until the end of August.
• Vets checked 22 pig farms with 5,775 animals within a 10-kilometer radius and found all of them healthy.
• This is the third case of an infected drifting pig carcass this year and the 23rd since 2018, showing the virus keeps arriving by sea currents.

Outlook: The ban lifts only after a full week with no new cases, so coastal patrols and border checks stay tight into September.