The first three cases came 10 days after [they began showing the symptoms], while the fourth - five days after. Naturally, this leads us to suggest that belated treatment is a primary factor in fatality cases.

They played with the heads for days. They were in very, very close contact with the dead chickens.

We need more artificial respiration machines just to be prepared.

It can't be known whether the disease is bird flu or not before the test result is announced in Ankara.

There is no need for panic. This is not an epidemic spread from human to human.

They had a fever, were coughing and bleeding from the mouth.

She was brought to hospital with respiration problems very late. We immediately began treatment for bird flu since she had contacted fowl, but her condition has become grave and we lost her today.

One of them, a 14-year-old boy, is in the most serious situation, others are in stable condition. I hope they are not diagnosed with bird flu. But they are suspected cases of bird flu since they ate a sick chicken and they were in close contact with fowl.