16/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission said on Tuesday 16 March that an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza (bird flu) had been confirmed in Romania. The backyard poultry farm affected is located near the town of Tulcea, on the banks of the Danube. To avoid the spread of the virus, the Romanian authorities have applied Community legislation which provides for the culling of all the birds in the farm, the cleaning and disinfecting of the farm and putting...