The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture said Sunday that two more suspected cases of the deadly strain of H5N1 bird flu were reported in the Huanggang City, central China's Hubei Province, and the Songming County, southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The local governments have culled poultry in the affected areas and taken prompt quarantine measures, and the epidemic is under control there, according to the ministry.

(Xinhua News Agency February 15, 2004)