# 1443
It may be a new year but the same old stories continue.
Authorities continue to play `whack-a-mole' with the H5N1 virus as it pops up again and again in poultry flocks around the world.
First from Vietnam:
Vietnam reports 2nd locality hit by bird flu
www.chinaview.cn
2008-01-04 12:05:31
HANOI, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's northern Thai Nguyen province has been stricken by bird flu, raising the current number of affected localities in the country to two, local newspaper People's Army reported Friday.
On Jan. 1, bird flu hit a flock of 350 white-winged ducks aged two months raised by a household in Song Cong town, the newspaper quoted the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as reporting.
The provincial Veterinary Bureau has culled the whole flock, and detoxified affected areas to prevent the disease from spreading.
Now, six communes and wards in Tra Vinh are being hit by bird flu, said the department.
And then Bangladesh:
Bird flu hits another Bangladesh district
Fri 4 Jan 2008, 12:31 GMT
DHAKA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to another district in Bangladesh, forcing health and veterinary workers to cull around 1,500 birds, officials said on Friday.
The latest H5N1 infection was reported in Kurigram, 380 km (240 miles) north from the capital, said Salehuddin Khan, director of the government's livestock department.
Bird flu was first reported near the capital in March last year and has since spread mainly to northern districts, forcing authorities to kill more than 300,000 chickens.
With the latest outbreak, 21 of Bangladesh's 64 districts have been affected by the deadly virus.
