It is very important to recognize that the money that we spend now will not be wasted even if this particular strain of the virus, H5N1, ends up not becoming a pandemic flu… We know...

It would be the first time in the history of mankind that a pandemic has been stamped out before it happened.

Information is probably the most important thing we can do — sharing information, communicating with citizens, businesses, health care industry — so that everybody can think about what they need to do, what is their...

In our lifetime, we have not seen a disease sweep through a community and people die so fast that there’s no one to take care of them at the hospital and there’s no one to...

in case of a pandemic, the EU is prepared to short-circuit the normal approval procedure for vaccines, which could take up to eight months.

If we received these samples from animals we would know what kind of changes the virus is undergoing, which is very, very vital in fighting against any potential pandemic.

It’s true that scientists caution us and warn us that there will be a pandemic, … If there is one, then worldwide there will be a large number of deaths.

It simply is telling us that the virus may be changing the way it interacts with humans. It does not tell us that the risk of a mutation that causes the pandemic is increasing or...

It would be my assessment that no nation is adequately prepared for a pandemic avian flu, … (However) I believe that most nations are improving and preparation is increasing.

A pandemic will cause disease outbreaks in many different communities all at the same time,

Based on assessment of all available information and following several expert consultations, I have decided to raise the current level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5.