No bird flu in Saudi Arabia

An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources said that his country is free from the "bird flu" which recently appeared in Hong Kong and Australia, inflicting big damages on poultry in these countries, SANA reported.

In a statement to the Saudi News Agency, issued today, the source said Saudi Arabia did not import live or slaughtered poultry from Southeast Asian states or Australia, where such cases were reported.