European Parliament 7 February 2012, Written question E-001026/12 Georgios Koumoutsakos (PPE) to the Commission. Mutation of the bird flu virus and pre-emptive action

Question for written answer E-001026/12 to the Commission Georgios Koumoutsakos (PPE) (7 February 2012) Subject: Mutation of the bird flu virus and pre-emptive action It has been reported that, a Dutch researcher at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam has manufactured, under laboratory conditions, a deadly virus that is a mutated form of the Η5Ν1 bird flu virus.