The quarantine teams had been immediately established even before the laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the virus. Controlling the disease in the animal source is critical to decrease risk to humans,” as the World Health Organization said in a 2016 bird flu fact sheet. Instead, Mr. Piñol needs to assess the situation squarely and continue finding and applying the right solutions and interventions, because this bird flu scourge has the potential of spreading or staying on for years. The country needs Mr. Piñol to stay the course without flying away from this fight against the bird flu. As long as the government stays on the right track in this fight, the nation should be and will be 100 percent behind it.

Source: Manila Times August 19, 2017 16:30 UTC