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Article: New cases of bird flu found in Romania
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 4, 2005
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New cases of bird flu found in Romania
BUCHAREST, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Romania has detected new cases of
bird flu in a village outside the Danube delta where the deadly H5N1
strain was first discovered in October, a TV report said on Saturday.
Aurica Avram, deputy head of Braila county, said on local TV that
domestic fowl had been tested positive for the H5 strain of bird flu
on Saturday in the village of Ciocile, close to three villages where
other outbreaks were detected over the past week.
Realitatea, a private television station, said eight domestic
birds were found carrying the virus, and local officials immediately ...