This was reported on Monday by Deutsche Welle.

Romanian and Turkish authorities introduced quarantine in the respective regions; poultry is being mass-culled there.

Due to the detection of cases of ducks contracting avian flu in Romania, Hungary imposed a ban on the import of poultry meat from that country.

According to the publication, Austria and Poland had also previously imposed a ban on the import of poultry meat from these countries.

Earlier, cases of poultry contracting avian flu had also been recorded in Russia.