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There seems to be a strong international flavour to the avian flu news today. I suppose with no main point of focus, such as with the UK last week, news items become fragmented from various parts of the world.

The global reach, and potential threat, of avian flu is apparent from the various articles published today. Whilst it’s pleasing to read that China has not found any new cases of bird flu for the last 44 days, we see that bird flu marches onwards throughout Europe - particularly the former Eastern bloc countries such as the Czech Republic.

The Czech Republic are reporting only a small number of cases in wild birds and have not yet found any incidences of avian influenza in its commercial flocks.

The situation in Africa remains concerning as a number of countries are reporting bird flu cases. If you have ever visited some of the markets in African countries, where birds, animals and people are in close proximity - you can understand how many experts fear that this may be the venue for the H5N1 to mutate into a human transmissable form.

We must find some encouragement though, that even poor countries with limited resources are placing bird flu monitoring and prevention high on their priority lists. The responsibilty of keeping the H5N1 virus as a bird, rather than a human, disease probably rests on their shoulders.