Busan’s Agricultural Technology Center has reported tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in greenhouse crops in the South Korean city and urged growers to take precautions, including limiting contact between farms. The virus can damage tomato and pepper crops and spreads readily through plant contact and contaminated tools; it is a plant-health concern, not a report of human illness. South Korea lists it among pathogens subject to plant-quarantine controls.

Sources: Busan Metropolitan City (Nov. 8, Korean): busan.go.kr source ↗ ; Yonhap News Agency (Nov. 8, Korean): yna.co.kr source ↗ ; The Korea Herald (Nov. 8): koreaherald.com source ↗