Zoonotic disease spillover raises risk of more outbreaks

Climate change poses a major threat to global health and has been amplifying the risk of disease transmission during livestock-wildlife interaction, according to a new report.

Last year, scores of wild boar at Shuklaphanta National Park died from infection of African Swine fever virus. The same virus spread in several districts, killing tens of thousands of domestic boars and pigs, which not only destroyed the nascent pork industry but also forced many farmers to give up the profession.