Two men have been hospitalized in Tulcea in Eastern Romania over fears that they have been infected with the deadly bird flu strain H5, local Averia newspaper reports.

The two men have been isolated as a precautionary measure and their health condition is subjected to constant observation. At present the only confirmed diagnose in pneumonia, the head of the local Public Health Directorate said.

Last week Romanian authorities quarantined a Danube Delta village near the Ukrainian border after eight chickens have tested positive for the H5 subtype of bird flu. The prefect in Tulcea County confirmed that the virus struck again in Periprava, a village near the city of Tulcea. The H5 virus was found after tests were made in a local's household. Two localities in Braila are suspect of being possible centers for new bird flu outbreaks.

First cases of the H5 virus in Romania were discovered in mid October in Ceamurlia de Jos and Maliuc villages. British lab tests confirmed the H5N1 strain of bird flu was present in these areas, where authorities killed all the birds and isolated the region in an effort to contain the virus.

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