41 Quotes by Maria Cheng

We don't have any information to suggest that this virus is more pathogenic or dangerous than other viruses.

We don't have any information about cases actually in the capital.

We are planning to tap into the polio network to pass on public education measures about bird flu.

We don't have a lot of details as to what kinds of tests were done, but we are obviously keen to have the samples sent abroad.

We'd like to see all these cases investigated rapidly so that we can determine what the mode of transmission was, what the source of exposure was, and whether or not there were any characteristics of the situation that are different from what we've seen in Asia.

We shouldn't be seeing human cases first, and this points to serious gaps in surveillance. But given the situation in Turkey, I don't think we'd be surprised to see isolated humans cases in surrounding areas.

There have been three deaths, with symptoms somewhat similar to H5N1 infection. Other people are still in hospital, including one who is very sick.

We've never seen so many outbreaks of the same virus in so many different regions. Our concern obviously is that humans could potentially come into contact with birds infected with H5N1, which would mean populations worldwide are potentially at risk.

We know that mammals can be infected by H5N1, but we don't know what this means for humans.