All we are saying is that people should not eat chickens that show signs of disease. We advise that chickens should be cooked above 70 degrees Celsius to kill all germs that may be lurking in the meat, including flu.

We have received reports that the disease is fast spreading to other farms across the state.

Nobody says people should stop eating chicken as long as they do not show any sign of infection and as long as they are hygienically prepared.

This method of suffocating the chickens in polythene bags is easier and more humane than slitting their throat or strangling them.

The Pope has swept through Africa, where 5 million people are already infected with the AIDS virus, and which expects by the end of the century to have 10 million orphans whose parents have died of AIDS - and told them not to use condoms

Our goal is to identify biomarkers, to be able to diagnose people early in the disease stage, hopefully, even before cognitive symptoms start.