Romania confirms dead hens had bird flu

ROMANIA confirmed yesterday that dead hens discovered in a remote village had bird flu as Chinese officials warned that the threat to humans was growing as the winter flu months approached and ordered officials to stockpile emergency supplies.

Tests from an international laboratory in Britain confirmed that four hens from the remote village of Caraorman, unreachable by road, had the deadly strain.

In China, Yin Chengjie, a deputy Chinese agriculture minister, said bird flu was a “growing threat to human health”.