Roy Wadia
Roy Wadia
china course environment virus
The virus is of course entrenched in the environment, not only in China but in many other countries.
certainly consistent shared situation timely viruses
It's certainly a situation where the viruses need to be shared and not only shared but shared in a timely and consistent manner.
animal mark means perhaps primarily progress question virus
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.
among animals cases chances human humans occur possibly poultry transmit virus
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.
commitment details hoped logistics mechanism regular serve sharing virus
Details and logistics still have to be finalized, but the commitment is there, and it is hoped that this sharing will serve as a template for a regular virus sharing mechanism for the future.
again appears china environment latest poultry shows virus
The latest outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in poultry in China shows once again how entrenched this virus appears to be in the environment in this part of the world.
boy confirm surprising
It would not be surprising if the investigation can confirm that the boy is H5N1-positive.
china upset
That was something that made China very upset indeed.
although birds common confirm hard reservoir
Migratory birds are a pretty common reservoir of avian flu, although it would be hard to confirm the link,
across bird cases china continue continues crop endemic entirely flu human possible poultry
It is entirely possible that more human cases will crop up now and then across China as outbreaks in poultry continue and as bird flu continues to be endemic in the environment.
confirmed found given information problem serious
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.
problem serious
To put it mildly, it's a serious problem everywhere, not just in China.
both critical passed surprising
Both were in critical condition, so it is not surprising that they have passed away.
recommend sorts tests
Doing tests of different sorts is something we would recommend ... in any outbreak situation, especially in one of this scale,