We are already prepared in case bird flu does reach Switzerland. Coordination with the European Union is simple because we have a similar approach to the problem.

At the moment Switzerland's goal is protecting its poultry from bird flu.

Our goal was that poultry would not get infected by bird flu and we were successful in this.

Bird flu isn't over in Switzerland. We are not finding cases any more but on the other hand we can be quite sure that the bird flu virus will remain in the wild bird population in Switzerland for years to come ? our guess is about five-20 years.

In the current situation Switzerland will not vaccinate poultry.

I don't like getting up in the morning, getting in a car, driving on a freeway, and stopping at a gate where two guards are standing there, then walk into a studio that looks like a bunch of airplane hangars.