41 Quotes by Maria Cheng

There are no other suspect cases. There aren't any other people under observation.

It could be Asia. It could be somewhere else.

It is possible that they all had common exposure to sick poultry but it is also possible there may have been human to human transmission. We don't have enough information to draw a hypothesis either way.

I think that's something we'll definitely be exploring how can we adapt these networks to be used for bird flu prevention campaigns?

Our office in Beijing was informed of this today. It is in a province that hasn't identified human cases before but it is somebody who seems to have a history of exposure to poultry.

testing and monitoring of more than 300 close contacts failed to detect any further cases.

I think really, (illness in) people like health-care workers and first responders would be our first indication that something is changing in the virus to make it more transmissible.

We need more clarification because both apparently had been exposed to sick chickens.

We don't have enough information to make any kind of hypothesis.