Turkey has the type of bird flu dangerous to humans, the European Union's health chief said today.
"The virus found in Turkey is avian flu H5N1 high pathogenic virus," EU Health and Consumer Protection chief Markos Kyprianou said.
The H5N1 bird flu strain has killed more than 60 people in Asia since 2003.
He said the EU executive did not yet know whether the cases of avian flu discovered in Romania were of the same virulent strain.
