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Article: Romania reports two new cases of bird flu
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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Romania reports two new cases of bird flu
BUCHAREST, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Romania reported Monday two new
cases of bird flu in a swan and a goose in the southeast of the
country.
The dead goose was discovered in the county of Constanta three
weeks ago while the swan was found dead on a lake of Danube delta in
the county of Tulcea.
They tested positive for the H5 subtype of bird flu, the health
department of Bucharest confirmed on Monday, but further tests are
required to determine if they were killed by the deadly H5N1 strain.
The dead goose, which was sent to Bucharest for test after being
discovered near the village of ...