# 1346
A little more than a month ago, Saudi Arabian officials would have scoffed at the idea that they had a bird flu problem in their country.
How quickly things change. I've lost count, but this has to be at least the 18th outbreak reported in the past month. At last report more than 4 million birds had been culled in the kingdom.
That number is about to go up.
New bird flu cases discovered in Saudi Arabia
Health 12/12/2007 10:49:00 AM
New bird flu cases discovered in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Dec 12 (KUNA) -- The Saudi Ministry of Agriculture announced Wednesday the emergence of a new high-intensity avian influenza, or bird flu, (H5N1), at a farm for producing eggs south of Riyadh.
The ministry said in a press release the farm in Alsahba area in Al-Kharj governorate consists of eight barns accomodating 400,000 hens, adding that all preventive measures have been taken to execute all birds in the project through proper methods, sanitize the site and close it.
It stressed that all people working were at the farm were not infected with bird flu.
The ministry called on poultry producers and farm owners to intensify preventive and precautionary measures and to notify the authorities of any suspected bird flu cases. (end) ay.ris KUNA 121049 Dec 07NNNN
