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Crimea imposes state of emergency due to African swine fever outbreak

By Interfax-Ukraine.
Kremlin-backed Sergei Aksyonov holds an AK-47 automatic rifle on Feb. 23, 2015 in Simferopol. Russia's rulers on the peninsula have cracked down on dissent since seizing the peninsula.
Photo by AFP

The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov has imposed a state of emergency in the region due to an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).

With an order released on Tuesday, Askyonov has imposed a “state of emergency of a regional level of response” as of midnight February 8 due to an outbreak of ASF in the Belogorsky and Razdolnensky districts.

This is the second state of emergency imposed on the Black Sea peninsula recently. A state of emergency in Crimea has been in effect since November 22, 2015 due to power shortages.

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