Roy Wadia
Roy Wadia
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It just shows you that anything can happen at any time. It's a very unpredictable situation, whether on the human side or the animal side.
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As more outbreaks occur among poultry and animals around the world, and as more human cases occur, the virus has more chances to transmit more effectively from animals to humans, or possibly among humans as well.
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It means that there is a question mark that hangs over the progress of the virus in China. It's perhaps more significant to get animal viruses, because this virus is still something that is primarily in the animal sector.
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Although this is only a guess, there have been some examples in which human cases of bird flu were reported first and then the animal epidemic.
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If the animals in the area were sick and dying, and if they were dying in small numbers, it might have been very difficult to identify that as an outbreak.
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The important thing is how the authorities handle the outbreak, how swiftly it is addressed and how quickly birds are culled. China in that practice has plenty of experience, so we are confident from the animal point of view the outbreaks are tackled as quickly as they can be.
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It's still early days in terms of human cases being found in China. There isn't that much experience perhaps in dealing with possible human cases, and further support might be needed more now than perhaps later.
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They will go back in time and review all the steps that have been taken, see if anything has been excluded or if any information that has been collected and not recognized as important.
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It's not a surprise. It shows that China like other countries that have bird flu in poultry can have human cases.
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It's certainly a situation where the viruses need to be shared and not only shared but shared in a timely and consistent manner.
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They'll probably seek to meet the patients or their families.
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To put it mildly, it's a serious problem everywhere, not just in China. We haven't confirmed (the two deaths) in the sense that this is information given to us by China. It's not that we went out there and found out ourselves.
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To put it mildly, it's a serious problem everywhere, not just in China.
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It would not be surprising if the investigation can confirm that the boy is H5N1-positive.