41 Quotes by Maria Cheng

We are obviously keen to have the samples sent abroad.

At the moment we don't have very good information about how extensive these outbreaks are.

The response has been very fast and very transparent.

It would not be surprising if it had spread from Turkey, but at the same time, we have no evidence yet that it has.

These are all cases that have already been announced (by Turkish authorities).

Right now these new cases in Turkey, they don't elevate the global risk assessment, so we're still in the same pandemic alert phase that we've been in for the last couple of years. But it's something that needs to be monitored very closely.

The more chances H5N1 has to infect people, the more chances it has to evolve into a form that could spark a pandemic. And the place we're seeing the most human infections right now is Indonesia.

There is one confirmed case, the girl, and three suspect cases under investigation who have died. They include her uncle, the boy in the south and another case.

According to our Eastern Mediterranean office, ... it was not avian influenza.