No country safe from bird flu, say vet chiefs

Veterinary chiefs meeting in Paris today said that no country should consider itself safe from lethal bird flu and that it is “highly likely” that the disease will continue its spread in poultry stocks in Europe and beyond.

“The risk now is high for everybody,” said Bernard Vallat, director of the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health, which hosted the two-day meeting of experts from some 50 countries.