Counselor Oscar Ordeig suggested that the African swine plague could arrive by road through a contaminated sausage dumped in a truck transit area and the Spanish Confederation of Freight Transport (CETM) has reacted angrily. They have defended the professionalism of drivers and called for prudence and rigour.

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At least one million people have been evicted from their homes on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, because of the worst floods of the year in Asia, while the authorities estimate that 631 people have already died and 472 are missing.

One third of households are single-person, and more than 100,000 are single-parent.

Luis Planas has explained that restrictions will be imposed on the province of Barcelona and that exports from the rest of the state to the Asian country will be kept open, which means that 41.74% of total non-EU exports are 'safe'.