flu virus in two of the dead swans found in the state of Styria. SLOVAKIA: The Slovakian government confirmed on February 23, 2006 H5N1 infections in a peregrine found near Bratislava and a grebe found in the capital. SLOVENIA: On February 13, 2006, Slovenian authorities confirmed the H5N1 strain of the bird-flu virus in a dead swan found near the Austrian border. HUNGARY: The Hungarian government announced on February 21, 2006 that tissue-sample tests had detected H5N1 in three deceased swans. Four further tests of dead wildfowl were still being carried out. Britain has not yet been affected by bird flu, apart from two Taiwanese finches that were discovered to have the H5N1 strain of the virus in a quarantine facility which they have not been allowed to leave.
