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Given its rapid geographic spread across the rural areas of Bangladesh, it was just a matter of time before bird flu reached the urban areas of Dhaka and Chittagong. The two cities have a combined population of just under 11 million people.
Bangladesh is the 7th most populous country in the world, with 158 million people, and is one of the most densely populated as well.
This report is from Reuters.
Bird flu spreads to urban Bangladesh, officials say
Wed 6 Feb 2008, 10:00 GMT
DHAKA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka and to the port city Chittagong despite efforts by authorities to contain it, livestock officials said on Wednesday.
Dozens of dead crows found over the past two days in Dhaka have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. City authorities have ordered a ban on the sale of undressed chicken in Dhaka markets, the officials said.
In Chittagong, officials confirmed the spread of bird flu in several farms and also in crows that tested positive for the strain.
The virus has spread to 38 out of Bangladesh's 64 districts, and forced the culling of nearly 500,000 birds across the country.
