27 Quotes by Samuel Jutzi

We need to be aware that there's a real risk for Europe when the birds migrate northwards this (northern) spring.

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.

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.

Now that the winter is coming the risk is expanding rather fast into areas of eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa,

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.

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.

Knowing the flyways and the bird species that use them, there is a high likelihood that the virus will continue to spread as it has so far,

It can be contained in domestic birds. It can be eliminated in domestic birds, but at the current level of money, it cannot be contained.

It is important that local and national authorities within other countries in the region remain vigilant for possible outbreaks of suspected avian influenza in poultry and other birds. It is vital that all instances of multiple bird deaths are reported to authorities and investigated promptly.