”Between central infection control actors, above all the Board of Agriculture, SVA, and hunter associations, there has been a well-functioning cooperation that has probably contributed to the effective control of the virus”, says Sanne Wintter, responsible investigator at MSB, in a press release.
On the other hand, the societal consequences of the infection could have been handled better. Many of those affected experienced the role of the County Administrative Board as unclear and there were ”great uncertainties in the division of roles and responsibilities between different actors.”
No central authority saw it as their responsibility to support companies that were indirectly affected by the restrictions, it says.
It was in the autumn of 2023 that African swine fever was detected in Sweden. The serious viral disease affects wild boar and pigs and an infected zone was established shortly afterwards near Fagersta and Norberg.
