In the region threatened by bird flu, Taiwan alone has remained clean. There have been sporadic outbreaks of fowl pest around the island, but thus far they have all involved the less pathogenic and less virulent H5N2 virus strain, which does not infect humans.
所幸，在此次東亞禽流感警戒區中，台灣是唯一的淨空安全區，迄今為止，台灣各地雖有零星雞瘟爆發，但都屬低病原性、毒性弱且不會傳染給人的 H5N2 型病毒，疫情相對輕微許多。