(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency)
Environment Ministry Announces One Case of H5N8 Avian Flu in Jeddah
Riyadh, Jumada I 22, 1439, Feb 8, 2018, SPA -- The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced that one case of H5N8 avian flu had been recorded in Jeddah in the previous 24 hours.
In its daily briefing, the ministry affirmed that the number of samples collected since the beginning of the spread of the disease reached 6,677 in the Kingdom's regions. The results disclosed that 124 of these samples tested positive. As many as 17,759 birds were culled in the previous 24 hours.
--SPA
17:52 LOCAL TIME 14:52 GMT

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