43 Quotes by David Nabarro

We are losing the battle against this particular avian influenza outbreak. It is a very nasty bird flu virus.

We believe that it is starting to spread into Africa. I do hope that the Malawi case is not H5N1. If they are, then it's very serious.

There is a chance that we could have at least as many dying from communicable diseases as we had dying from the tsunami.

We are watching very closely to see how the disease associated with bird flu, when it hits humans, is evolving.

Every country in the world now needs to have its veterinary services on high alert for H5N1 to be sure they are not caught unawares.

There are some quite tricky challenges facing everybody working in Crimea and I shall be engaging with various government people.

What is important to me is there has been consensus and clarity, (and) much better coordination. We'll be much quicker to control avian influenza as a result.

If there is delay in getting culling teams out, delay in any part of the chain, even weeks, that could have great implications for the virus to spread.

The flu-casters would draw out the maps and keep people engaged at regular intervals ... beaming it from the WHO bunker.