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  • Manila reports Ebola virus in pigs

    12/11/2008 7:36:02 PM PST · by null and void · 35 replies · 870+ views
    Financial Times Limited ^ | December 11 2008 20:24 | Roel Landingin
    Philippine officials tucked into servings of lechon, the popular dish of roasted whole pig, in front of television cameras on Thursday to reassure the public of the safety of the national staple meat after the discovery among hogs near Manila of a strain of the Ebola virus. Arthur Yap, agriculture secretary, and Francisco Duque, health secretary, said the Ebola Reston virus, which had never been found in pigs before, presented a low health risk for humans and was different from the deadly African variety. The World Health Organisation was reported to be looking into whether there was any chance humans...