We must clarify that China has not been concealing any confirmed or suspected human case of bird flu since the first case occurred in November of last year.

It is a suspected case, the diagnosis of bird flu is not confirmed for the moment.

It's not a surprise. It shows that China like other countries that have bird flu in poultry can have human cases.

The incidence of infectious diseases last year was higher because the reporting system has been strengthened at medical institutes and fewer cases were missed.

Today, we have three suspected cases of bird flu in the island of Reunion.

This first confirmed case means we're more aggressively following up on the contacts we've had with suspected cases. We're not surprised to find a confirmed case, given our highly mobile population.