A new outbreak of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed among migratory birds in western Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Wednesday.

The outbreak in Tibet's Nagqu Prefecture and Qinghai's Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture occurred on the same migratory route where another outbreak in Yushu of Qinghai was reported early this month.

A total of 399 wild birds have been found dead in the two areas, the ministry said, noting that all were in the wild areas where few people live and no poultry are raised.

Local governments have disinfected the areas where the dead birds were found, and no domestic poultry have been affected.

(Xinhua News Agency May 25, 2006)