Bird Flu Hits Romania! (Danube Delta)

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Romania has reported its first bird flu cases but it is unclear if the strain found in the Danube delta is the deadly H5N1 virus which hit parts of Asia.

Scientists in Bucharest discovered flu antibodies in three domestic ducks found dead in a remote village late last month, the government said.

The exact strain is to be determined by a lab in the UK in the next few days.

Turkey has also confirmed its first case of bird flu at a turkey farm in the west of the country.

Turkish Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker said that all the birds in the village in Balikesir province had been destroyed and the area had been disinfected.

Officials have told the Turkish media that initial tests have identified the virus as belonging to the H5 type of flu.

But further tests will be needed to establish if it is the H5N1 strain which has killed more than 60 people in southeast Asia over the past two years.

There is no evidence so far of the strain being passed between humans.

It's getting closer to the UK!

[Bear-Max]

Oh bugger. Let's just hope the mutated version that can pass from human to human doesn't develop any time soon