Authorities in China clamp down on free speech as worries grow that African Swine Fever in pork can infect people
Ren Ruihong, former head of the medical assistance department at the Chinese Red Cross, said Chinese officials regard information about disease outbreaks and epidemics as a state secret.
"There is a total blackout on this right now; they are just not reporting it," Ren told RFA. "They are now detaining people for talking about this; you can't even talk about it on WeChat."
"People have been detained for talking about it on WeChat," Ren said.
Ren said some people fear that African swine flu could mutate to a form that could infect, and be transmittable between, humans.
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