Almotamar Net - Yemen is free from flu bird disease, according to latest official laboratory results, the deputy minister for industry and trade and the deputy minister of agriculture have said.

Speaking at a meeting on the bird-flu threat organized by the Consumer Protection Association (CPA), the two officials said that there had been no cases of the potentially deadly disease.

They also reviewed measures taken by the government to protect Yemen from the disease, such as a ban on chicken imports from infected countries and the hunting of migrant birds.