It certainly is a significant outbreak. It seems that they are extremely concerned about it.
It means that there is a question mark that hangs over the progress of the virus in China. It's perhaps more significant to get animal viruses, because this virus is still something that is primarily in the animal sector.
Doing tests of different sorts is something we would recommend ... in any outbreak situation, especially in one of this scale,
They will go back in time and review all the steps that have been taken, see if anything has been excluded or if any information that has been collected and not recognized as important.
The virus is of course entrenched in the environment, not only in China but in many other countries.
Because the formal investigative process is still under way, we are not issuing a formal conclusion right now, we are just saying that it is very probably that it will be declared as such.
The important thing is how the authorities handle the outbreak, how swiftly it is addressed and how quickly birds are culled. China in that practice has plenty of experience, so we are confident from the animal point of view the outbreaks are tackled as quickly as they can be.
It would not be surprising if the investigation can confirm that the boy is H5N1-positive.
Chinese officials have acknowledged this and other challenges, and there is a commitment to improving the situation but change won't occur overnight.
It is very possible that people will catch the bird flu virus.
