Officials of the Veterinary Services Department of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture say they are on high alert following the spread of the bird flu to two other farms in the Tema metropolis. The department has intensified its monitoring across the country after the virus was discovered on the two farms at Adjei Kojo, near Ashaiman. The first case of the virus was recorded in the country last week on a farm in Tema where a total of 1,678 birds were culled. Joy News has learnt compensation will be paid on Thursday. Another 13,000 birds have been destroyed over the last three days alone after the discovery of the virus on the two other farms. Over 90 poultry farms have so far been tested in the Tema area. The Director of the Veterinary Services Department, Dr. Mensah Agyen-Frimpong, says the latest discovery puts the entire Tema Township at a high risk. He told Joy News that the Department was carefully monitoring the situation and will start a nationwide vaccination of birds if the spread of the virus gets out of hand.