KATHMANDU, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- After the bird flu virus (H5N1) was confirmed again in eastern Nepal, Nepali districts bordering India have been put on high alert, Nepali national news agency RSS reported on Monday.

    Districts of mid-western region are rated on high alert after the disease outbroke again in another village in Jhapa district, some 320 km southeast of capital Kathmandu.

    An extensive testing has begun in poultry firms in Banke, Bardiya and Dang districts of mid-western region, RSS quoted Muni Lal Chaudhary, chief of Regional Livestock Quarantine Office as saying.

    According to Chaudhary, the government officials have been mobilized to alert locals about the bird flu virus throughout the region.

    The regional office has said that 12 districts in the region are on high alert.

    "Though bird flu virus has not been found here yet, a concrete mechanism has been established as a part of precautionary measures," said Chaudhary. "A joint team has launched patrolling along Nepal-India border areas."

    Nepali government on Feb. 20 confirmed redetection of bird flu virus in Sharanamtai Vilage Development Committee of Jhapa district and declared adjoining areas in the eastern Nepal as the bird flu emergency area.

    The first bird flu outbreak was confirmed in Kakarbhitta of Jhapa district on Jan. 16.