Riyadh, Jumada II 16, 1439, Mar 4, 2018, SPA -- The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced that two cases of H5N8 avian flu had been recorded in Kharj and Huraymila Governorates 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 9,785 in the Kingdom's regions. The results disclosed that 149 of these samples tested positive. As many as 2,860 birds were culled in the previous 24 hours. --SPA 19:46 LOCAL TIME 16:46 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w632655