Veterinary officials confirmed a bird-flu outbreak in poultry in near Romania's capital, the Bucharest Daily News reported Wednesday. The officials said dead poultry found in a village near the capital were infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza and immediately ordered quarantine in the area. Disinfection checkpoints were set up around Magurele in Ilfov County, about 50 miles southwest of Bucharest, and the officials began testing for bird-flu virus in other poultry. In the meantime, quarantine was lifted in three areas of the Constanta County, on the Black Sea coast. A total number of bird flu outbreaks in Romania were about 50. Apart from thousands of birds already destroyed, the officials said more than 100,000 birds would be killed to stop the bird flu virus from spreading. © Copyright 2006 by United Press International

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