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Romanian President Traian Basescu gave authorities 24 hours to make public the reasons that triggered the May outbreaks of the deadly bird flu virus, the presidential administration said in a statement Wednesday.
Authorities were busy passing the blame from one another instead of focusing on eradicating the virus, Basescu said. He also asked authorities to limit the spread of the virus and eliminate the current outbreaks. His game-plan also has the Health Ministry give accurate instructions to the population and all agencies in charge better communicate with the media.
Romania has so far confirmed 46 outbreaks of bird flu in ten counties, as well as in two districts of capital city Bucharest, one month after authorities had closed all previous virus outbreaks. There are 37 more suspected virus outbreaks.
In Bucharest, local authorities placed certain areas in districts 2 and 4 under first-degree quarantine, after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the virus in poultry.
Last week, Romania detected the bird-flu virus in three chicken farms in central Romanian Brasov county, and immediately quarantined eight Transylvanian villages and one town. These were the first cases of bird-flu outbreaks at chicken farms in Romania, with previous cases detected on family farms only.
In April, authorities closed the last of the 53 initial outbreaks active in Romania since the virus was first discovered in the Danube Delta last October.
Romania must show the European Union by October that it can deal with food safety issues if it wants to join the 25-member block on January 1, 2007.
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Romanian President Traian Basescu gave authorities 24 hours to make public the reasons that triggered the May outbreaks of the deadly bird flu virus, the presidential administration said in a statement Wednesday.
Authorities were busy passing the blame from one another instead of focusing on eradicating the virus, Basescu said. He also asked authorities to limit the spread of the virus and eliminate the current outbreaks. His game-plan also has the Health Ministry give accurate instructions to the population and all agencies in charge better communicate with the media.
Romania has so far confirmed 46 outbreaks of bird flu in ten counties, as well as in two districts of capital city Bucharest, one month after authorities had closed all previous virus outbreaks. There are 37 more suspected virus outbreaks.
In Bucharest, local authorities placed certain areas in districts 2 and 4 under first-degree quarantine, after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the virus in poultry.
Last week, Romania detected the bird-flu virus in three chicken farms in central Romanian Brasov county, and immediately quarantined eight Transylvanian villages and one town. These were the first cases of bird-flu outbreaks at chicken farms in Romania, with previous cases detected on family farms only.
In April, authorities closed the last of the 53 initial outbreaks active in Romania since the virus was first discovered in the Danube Delta last October.
Romania must show the European Union by October that it can deal with food safety issues if it wants to join the 25-member block on January 1, 2007.
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