It is a suspected case, the diagnosis of bird flu is not confirmed for the moment.

We must clarify that China has not been concealing any confirmed or suspected human case of bird flu since the first case occurred in November of last year.

Today, we have three suspected cases of bird flu in the island of Reunion.

This first confirmed case means we're more aggressively following up on the contacts we've had with suspected cases. We're not surprised to find a confirmed case, given our highly mobile population.

The two patients have been confirmed to be infected with bird flu in accordance with the standards of the World Health Organization.

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