JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Environment Ministry has imposed a ban on the import of live birds, incubated eggs and chicks from Nepal as a precaution against high-risk bird influenza, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.
Dr. Sanad Al-Harbi, Director General of Livestock Risks Evaluation Department at the ministry, said the ban has been imposed following reports about an outbreak of bird flu in Nepal.
He said it is a step taken in the interest of the public and to prevent the spread of the disease in the Kingdom.
The director general of the Quarantine General Department, Dr. Osama Al-Saleh, said the ban order has been circulated over all quarantines of the Kingdom. Bird flu strains have hit poultry flocks in a number of countries across the world in recent years, with some types of the disease also causing human infections and deaths.
H5N8 is highly pathogenic to birds (high death rates) and was first discovered in Ireland in 1983. Since then it has been reported in numerous locations around the world. AN Jeddah
Saudi Arabia bans poultry imports from Nepal over bird flu
Saudi Arabia bans poultry imports from Nepal over bird flu
- Bird flu strains have hit poultry flocks in a number of countries across the world in recent years
- H5N8 is highly pathogenic to birds (high death rates) and was first discovered in Ireland in 1983
KSrelief clinic helps displaced people in Yemen
- Of those, 24 were treated at the communicable disease control clinic, 10 at the emergency clinic, 21 at the internal medicine clinic, three at the reproductive health clinic and 13 at the awareness and health education section
HAJJAH: Scores of internally displaced people in Yemen have received healthcare services at a mobile clinic operated by Saudi aid agency KSrelief.
From Dec. 10-16, 71 people visited the facility at Waalan Camp in Hajjah governorate. Of those, 24 were treated at the communicable disease control clinic, 10 at the emergency clinic, 21 at the internal medicine clinic, three at the reproductive health clinic and 13 at the awareness and health education section.
An additional 58 patients visited the nursing services section, while medications were dispensed to a further 58. One person visited the surgery and wound care clinic.
The facility is part of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing efforts to provide humanitarian and medical assistance to those affected by the conflict in Yemen.
