Why are picnics banned in Rome in May 2022?

Rome health authorities have banned picnics and fenced-off trash bins to contain the wild boar population after detecting African swine fever in the body of a dead boar in the Insugherata nature reserve on May 5, 2022. About 50,000 pigs who live in and around Rome are at risk, according to estimates from Coldiretti, the farmers’ association. The animals often visit parks, walk down the road, or search for food in trash bins, mainly around the city’s north.