Jia did admit that local authorities might have covered up the number of infected pigs. However, the number of diseased pigs was nowhere near as big as reported in some foreign media, he stressed.

贾幼陵承认地方权威部门或许掩盖了染病猪的数量，但染病猪的数量也不会是一些国外媒体报道的那么多，他强调道。