Romanians kill thousands of birds to prevent virus spreading

Authorities were culling thousands of domestic birds in Romania today to prevent the spread of a deadly strain of bird flu that has decimated flocks and killed dozens of people in Asia.

Officials said they were also awaiting test results from a British laboratory on samples sent from Maliuc, a village about 20 miles from Ceamurlia de Jos, where the H5N1 bird flu strain was first detected in Romania.