Only birds can be infected. There is no bird flu strain that can be transmitted to humans in Dagestan.

We have to understand that all of Africa is infected. The spread of the virus is wider than we can see from newspapers.

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

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

We just received confirmation from [a WHO-affiliated laboratory in] Hong Kong that they were infected with the bird flu virus.

There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.