Samuel Jutzi
Samuel Jutzi
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Panic is not justified. Avian influenza in Europe continues to be an animal problem confined to wild birds. As long as we can keep the poultry sector protected, there is no danger for humans.
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we continue to state that this is an animal disease, an animal health problem, that we want to deal with aggressively in order to prevent a human pandemic.
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The core of the problem is the circulation of H5N1 virus is domestic poultry; priority action for solving the problem is therefore at the level of the animal,
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The international community will finally come up with the funding to fight this disease.
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Europe in particular ought to step up in this type of risk management.
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European poultry is facing a real danger at this point in time.
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We can now say that it was definitely the H5N1 virus.
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There's no reason whatever to believe that this geographic expansion will finish in Kazakhstan.
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The virus seems to be circulating quite widely in Nigeria, which is in the same area where European migratory birds winter.
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It would undertake 'rumor tracking' and would be similar to what the World Health Organization has to observe and monitor developments of epidemics 24 hours-a-day.
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If the situation in Nigeria gets out of control, it will have a devastating impact on the poultry population in the region, it will seriously damage the livelihoods of millions of people and it will increase the exposure of humans to the virus.
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No country is risk-free, and we are facing a serious international crisis. It is important that local and national authorities within other countries in the region remain vigilant for possible outbreaks.
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On the one hand there's a certain frustration, but we see the money now flowing, so we're more optimistic than we were half a year ago.
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Six months ago, we alerted the international community to the risk of bird flu reaching Africa. Now we have to say that there is a risk for Europe in the spring.