First H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak in European Union in a Year as Virus Found on Chicken Farm in Romania Near Ukraine

Just passing along the information that the E.U. has seen its first H5N1 bird flu case in a year. The cases are on a poultry farm in Romania near Ukraine.

Romania has identified an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm close to Ukraine and enforced a 20 km-wide surveillance zone around it, the European Union's executive said on Tuesday.

The outbreak of the H5N1 virus in the commune of Letea near the Ukrainian border is on a key migratory pathway for wild birds, which could aid its spread.

Source: Reuters India