Saudi Arabia confirms bird flu case at farm in Riyadh
Riyadh/Xinhua/UNI: Saudi Arabia has conformed a bird flu case at a farm in Riyadh, Arab News reported late on Tuesday.
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture revealed that a case of highly pathogenic bird flu (H5N8) had been recorded at a poultry farm in the capital and authorities have taken necessary steps to prevent the spread of the virus.
Saudi agriculture officials handling a reported case of bird flu at a farm in Riyadh have assured the public that it presents no risk to human health, the newspaper highlighted.
Abdullah Aba Al-Khail, spokesman of the ministry, said that according to the World Health Organization, H5N8 was a strain that only affected birds and could not be transmitted to humans.
Aba Al-Khail added that field emergency teams attended the farm immediately after receiving notification of the case and implemented procedures to deal with the virus.
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