Romania - Bird flu Found at Poultry Farm - Letea, Tulcea county, Danube's delta

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Source: http://www.financiarul.ro/2010/03/17/health-ministry-closely-monitoring-letea-bird-flu-outbreak/

Health Ministry closely monitoring Letea bird flu outbreak
17 Martie 2010

The situation arisen in the eastern community of Letea (located in the Danube Delta, in Tulcea County), where a bird flu outbreak was confirmed, is being tightly monitored; WHO keeps the 6th degree alert in place and monitors the outbreak through the Public Health Directorate, Geza Molnar ? MD, PhD, advisor to the Health Minister, on Tuesday told.

Molnar added that Letea is a small community of 200-300 people, that no case of respiratory virus infection was registered so far and that should they appear, samples will be sent to the Bucharest ?Cantacuzino? Institute of Research and Development for Microbiology and Immunology to be analyzed...

 

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.. The European Commission said in a statement, the epidemic is now 15 sunrise in eastern Romania, Tulcea County.


... ? Romanian health and veterinary Authority spokesman Raul Kellogg told AFP: "the virus in a small private farms in two dead hens found in vivo. Not found any other cases."

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Date Added: 20/03/2010

Veterinarians oversees domestic bird populations all private households in the commune Tulcea Rosetti, as an additional measure to prevent the emergence of new problems after it confirmed the suspicion of bird flu surfaced in the village Letea. Tulcea County Prefect Vasile Gudu said on Wednesday Agerpress as veterinarians and check the health of poultry in villages Cardon, Rosetti and Sfistofca, to date November Pending suspect H5N1 bird flu virus.

"Next to run two households Letea disinfection where birds were found which bore the bird flu virus, procedures to three stages.

These will be followed at an interval of three weeks, by bringing sentinel chickens, and if the evidence to be taken to confirm that they are no longer problems of Letea outbreak will be declared closed, "said Basil Gudu. He said the policemen, gendarmes and border guards monitor the trafficking of persons in the area, traffic, or livestock slaughtered in the area is prohibited. "Today, the mayor of the village Rosetti will disinfecting carpets every public institution and private companies in the area," said the prefect Gudu.

In terms of the health of the six people in two households where birds were found infected with H5N1, the Director of Public Health Authority (PSA), Adriana Argetoianu, said that only one of them, a child 10 years, did not have the flu shot. "We will monitor the members of two families for ten days, during checks already settled that there is a history of viral status. None of the six people not show signs of viral damage, and when they will appear doctors will take the exudates to be analyzed, "said Adriana Argetoianu.

Under the supervision plan and measures, in Tulcea County Hospital emergency circuit was arranged particularly in areas of infectious disease since its emergence in November of influenza virus A/H1N1 in ASP owning stocks for 1000 cans and 500 bottles of Oseltamivir Relenza for people who might be affected.

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

350 people in the area found the bird flu
Ministry of Health has strengthened its epidemiological surveillance of community in the area where veterinarians have reported the occurrence of avian influenza (A/H5N1). During this period, representatives of the Department of Public Health Tulcea ensure continuous care for the approximately 350 people in the area where the bird flu was identified. In case of respiratory virozelor they will have samples they will send for processing at the National Research and Development Institute Cantacuzino. In the last 3 weeks in the area have been cases of viral respiratory infections of any type, so that human infection with avian influenza virus is unlikely. Doctors say epidemiologists currently in the county there is danger in Ce the public health because they have not been registered of late viral respiratory infections in the area and Romania are in a situation postpandemică virus A/H1N1.

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CONFIRMATION
The first case of influenza, Letea (in poultry)

Caption: An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza type H5N1 occurred in a poultry farm in the village Letea, Tulcea County. European Commission (EC) will adopt a decision confirming the risk areas set by Romanian authorities after the occurrence of this outbreak.

According to a release of the EC, the outbreak of H5N1 was located in the Danube delta, near the border with Ukraine. The same source states that Romania's national laboratory confirmed Monday that it is an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus type H5N1 and to limit the spread, the Romanian authorities have applied immediate control measures required under EU law.

These measures included the slaughter of all infected poultry farm and establish a protection zone within a radius of 3 kilometers, and monitoring an area 10 kilometers around the farm, which also was established strong measures to control the movement . Area of 10 kilometers is considered "high risk zone", according to the EC, adding that it is surrounded by a "low risk area" in which were also imposed some restrictions on movement, and additional measures protection for poultry farms.

EC noted that this is the first case of avian influenza highly pathogenic H5N1 type found in the EU last year. The last case confirmed in March 2009, was detected in some wild ducks in Germany.

Minister of Health adviser, Geza Molnar said that veterinarians have found 49 dead birds in two households and that they made for supervision of the area. "So far, nobody in the world has shown that avian influenza is transmitted from person to person," said Geza Molnar, quoted by Mediafax. He added that authorities have recommended people "not to approach the dead birds, wild birds in the area, to not allow the birds in the courtyard to enter the house and children not to play with carrions.

The adviser said that the living area of approximately 300-400 people were talking about an isolated village. Molnar added that each case of respiratory virus in humans will be investigated and that will be harvested samples for analysis. Public Health Department sent a doctor to ensure permanence in the area. Surveillance of avian flu outbreak are the responsibility of veterinarians, that the Ministry of Agriculture, said Health Minister Counselor.

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No new suspected bird flu in Tulcea
March 22, 2010

Tulcene Authorities have not registered in the last days no new suspected bird flu in the district. 'Veterinarians continue disinfection of households Letea where suspected bird flu has been identified and continue to monitor bird populations in villages situated at a distance less than 10 kilometers of outbreaks - Cardon, Rosetti and Sfistofca' said Thursday for Agerpress prefect Vasile Gudu.

Government representative in the territory said that, according to information received from the Sanitary Veterinary Directorate Tulcea has never recorded any cases of dead poultry in private households and travel agencies are worried about the impact it will have an outbreak of bird flu Letea village. 'We talked about four to five Danube Delta tour agents who fear the tourist season will be affected by information on bird flu. We hope it remains the only outbreak of the county and to be closed in the next 40 days' - said the prefect Vasile Gudu.

In terms of the health of the six people in two households in which avian influenza virus was identified, doctors Authority of Public Health monitors as their status. Late last week, four poultry from two private households in the village Letea died, their owners announced veterinarian in Sulina town. He samples from domestic birds, following tests carried out on Sanitary Veterinary Laboratory in Tulcea semnalandu the presence of the virus H5N1. Analysis were reconfirmed Monday, March 15, specialized laboratory in Bucharest, authorities tulcene demarand putting into practice procedures under the plan antiepizootic.

The first outbreak of bird flu in Romania was registered on October 7, 2005, in the village Ceamurlia de Jos Tulcea, the H5N1 virus spreading across the country then. In November 2007, a new outbreak of bird flu has appeared in town Murighiol in Tulcea County, this outbreak was died in December 2007. In 2008, veterinarians continued health monitoring of poultry, by sampling and migratory birds, in spring 2009 as the Sanitary Veterinary Directorate confirmed a case of low pathogenic bird flu in a wild bird in the Delta.

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