This relaxation affects municipalities located between 6 and 20 kilometers from the point where the outbreak was detected in Cerdanyola del Vallès. The ban on accessing the natural environment is lifted in these 79 municipalities that formed part of the second protection radius. Although organized leisure activities remain restricted, citizens can now return to walking or cycling in the forests of this wider area.
Regarding the Collserola Natural Park, access has been reopened in the area belonging to Barcelona, allowing passage through places like the Carretera de les Aigües. However, restrictions remain strict in the Sant Cugat, Cerdanyola, and Montcada i Reixac sections. For example, the well-known Camí del Pi d'en Xandri remains closed to the public.
In Sant Cugat and eleven other towns within the 0 to 6 kilometer radius, all limitations on access to the natural environment are maintained, as they are located in the maximum security radius.
The twelve municipalities that continue to have restricted access to all natural areas, as they are part of the maximum security radius (0-6 km), are: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barberà del Vallès, Badia del Vallès, Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Ripollet, Montcada i Reixac, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Sabadell, Polinyà, Terrassa, and Rubí.
So far, 16 wild boars have been confirmed positive for African Swine Fever out of approximately one hundred analyzed within the 6-kilometer perimeter in Cerdanyola del Vallès. The last three cases were located on Friday, December 12. Investigations into the origin of the outbreak remain open, focusing on research centers working with the disease, one of which is very close to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
