Four domestic birds were found dead in the village of Caraorman last week.

The village, near the Danube delta, is not accessible by road, and it is hoped that this fact may aid in the control of the outbreak.

Authorities have responded to the test results by quarantining the village and culling 2,000 birds.

Meanwhile:

-- Project "Common Ground," the largest avian-influenza response simulation to date, will take place later this week in Europe.

The table-top exercise will last for two days and will involve a number of officials, including senior politicians, from each participating European country, including Switzerland, Norway, all European Union countries, the European Commission, the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Control.

Project Common Ground is designed to test coordination between the various organizations and governments, as well as distribution of vaccines and medicines, a panicking population and diminishing resources.

-- An Indonesian man who died over the weekend is believed to have died of bird flu, but officials are waiting for test results from the WHO before confirming the cause of death.

Only seven confirmed cases of death from avian influenza have been reported by Indonesia, but it is suspected to have been the cause of more than a dozen deaths.

-- Five people in Vietnam have been hospitalized with symptoms of avian flu but have not yet been confirmed to be infected with the disease.

-- Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will lie naked in coffins decorated with flowers to "remind consumers that an addiction to poultry could lead to a bird-flu pandemic" and hand out "emergency vegetarian starter kits" to passersby outside the Department of Agriculture in Washington.

While there are many moral, religious and health reasons for a vegetarian diet, avian influenza is not one of them. There is no danger of catching bird flu from eating cooked poultry or eggs.

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