Romania reports bird flu in Black Sea village
www.chinaview.cn 2006-02-13 11:06:40

BUCHAREST, Feb. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Romanian authorities identified an H5 subtype of the bird flu virus on Sunday in a southeast village near the Black Sea, the state Rompres news agency reported.

The case was detected after dozens of domestic fowls and chicks died on a farm in the village of Topraisar in Constanta County. Two children, aged seven and four, were also reported to be suffering from mild respiratory problems and taken to hospital.