Outbreak of avian influenza discovered in Tulcea

16/03/2010 (Updated 14:01)
An outbreak of avian influenza type H5N1 was discovered on a poultry farm in the village Letea, Tulcea County. This was confirmed by representatives of the European Commission. Outbreak was located in the Danube delta, near the border with Ukraine.



The European Commission will adopt today a decision confirming the risk areas set by Romanian authorities after the outbreak of the outbreak.

Immediately after confirmation of the outbreak, Romanian authorities started to implement the necessary control measures laid down in EU legislation. These include the slaughter of all infected poultry farm, establishing a protection zone within a radius of 3 kilometers and setting up an area of 10 kilometers around the farm, which also was established strong measures to control the movement.

49 dead birds in two farms
Minister of Health adviser, Geza Molnar said reporting on an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a poultry farm in the village Letea that veterinarians have found 49 dead birds in two households and that they made for supervision close to the area.
"So far, nobody in the world has shown that avian influenza is transmitted from person to person," said Geza Molnar, quoted by Mediafax. He added that authorities have recommended people "not to approach the dead birds, wild birds in the area, to not allow the birds in the courtyard to enter the house and children not to play with carrions.

The adviser said that the living area of approximately 300 to 400 people, this being an isolated location. Molnar added that each case of respiratory virus in humans will be investigated and that will be harvested samples for analysis. Public Health Department sent a doctor to ensure permanence in the area