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| THE H5N1 VIRUS HAS REAPPEARED IN THE DANUBE DELTA (29.11.2007) |
| (2007-11-29) |
| Last updated: 2007-11-30 16:09 EET |
The H5N1 virus, transmittable to humans, was confirmed in several birds found dead in the household of a peasant from a village in the Danube Delta. The prefect of Tulcea County, Chirica Lefter, has more on the measures that have already been taken:
“The area was disinfected. We started to vaccinate all the people living in the Murighiol village. We placed disinfecting carpets at the entrance to all public institutions, schools, and at the entrance of every locality we placed disinfecting filters, including on the waterways. We have forbidden the trade in live poultry, poultry meat and eggs.”
All households are being monitored and samples have been taken from wild birds living in the Danube Delta. Counties within a 10 km radius are being intensively monitored by veterinarians.
Bucharest has already notified the European Commission of the reappearance of the virus and the measures taken in order to contain the area. As a preventative measure, neighbouring Bulgaria has closed several poultry markets in the north-east of the country.
President of the National Medical-Veterinarian Agency, Radu Roatis, explained that Romania is located on the migratory route of wild birds and that bird flu hotbeds have recently appeared in the Czech Republic and the UK. He reassured the population that there are no reasons for concern.
In 2006, a second wave of bird flu, following the one seen in the fall of 2005, took the authorities by surprise. Back then, the H5N1 virus reappeared in a poultry farm in central Romania, expanded quickly and the number of hotbeds came to exceed 120, spreading across a quarter of Romania’s counties and also affecting Bucharest. Due to this second wave, more than 1.1 million birds were incinerated. For several days, technicians wearing special outfits were visiting quarantined areas, surrounded by metallic fences. Special machines were spraying the streets, police officers stopped people from leaving localities, while mayors and politicians were competing to make the most TV appearances. Back then, President Traian Basescu characterized the situation as being “topsy-turvy”, which prompted Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu to personally take control of the situation, while the heads of the Medical-Veterinarian Authority were fired.
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