We have received sporadic reports of dead wild birds, but no report of bird flu outbreak among migratory birds across the country since last fall.

Although bird flu cases have been found in some villages in five provinces because of the spread of migratory birds, the whole situation is under control. There are no human cases,

Only birds can be infected. There is no bird flu strain that can be transmitted to humans in Dagestan.

[The region where the Turkish outbreak occurred also serves as a waypoint for migratory birds. Authorities have warned for months that the deadly strain of avian flu might be heading this way, after outbreaks were confirmed in Siberia, other Asian parts of Russia and Kazakhstan over the past year. Officials from the Romanian Directorate of Veterinary Sanitation were already screening farms in the Danube delta when two sick domestic geese and a chicken were discovered in this village, and tested positive for bird flu antibodies on Oct. 7.] The government responded very quickly, ... Within an hour we had a meeting, set up a command center and took action.

There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.

We just received confirmation from [a WHO-affiliated laboratory in] Hong Kong that they were infected with the bird flu virus.