In the current situation Switzerland will not vaccinate poultry.

At the moment Switzerland's goal is protecting its poultry from bird flu.

Our goal was that poultry would not get infected by bird flu and we were successful in this.

Bird flu isn't over in Switzerland. We are not finding cases any more but on the other hand we can be quite sure that the bird flu virus will remain in the wild bird population in Switzerland for years to come ? our guess is about five-20 years.

We are already prepared in case bird flu does reach Switzerland. Coordination with the European Union is simple because we have a similar approach to the problem.

There still is a lot of negotiating that will have to be completed in November, including the specifics of the agreements and time frames. But in essence, North Korea has agreed to end its existing nuclear weapons and ongoing development and to include inspections in exchange for a U.S. agreement not to invade or attack North Korea and to gradually normalize relations.