Riyadh, Jumada II 13, 1439, Mar 1, 2018, SPA -- The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced that one case of H5N8 avian flu had been recorded in Jazan Region 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 9,525 in the Kingdom's regions. The results disclosed that 144 of these samples tested positive. As many as 24,407 birds were culled in the previous 24 hours. --SPA 19:25 LOCAL TIME 16:25 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w630660