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The number of districts in Bangladesh now reporting bird flu outbreaks in poultry has doubled since the first of the year. Of the 64 districts in that nation, 40 are now reporting infections.
Bird flu spreads to another Bangladesh district
10 Feb 2008 06:18:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
DHAKA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to another district in Bangladesh despite efforts by authorities to contain it, taking the number of affected districts to 40, officials said on Sunday.
Health workers culled nearly 12,000 fowls after tests confirmed some chickens had died from the avian influenza virus in the northeast, livestock officials said.
The H5N1 virus, first detected in Bangladesh in March last year, was quickly brought under control through aggressive measures, including culling. But follow-up monitoring eased in later months prompting the disease to reappear, experts say.
So far, no human infections have been reported in Bangladesh, a densely populated nation with millions of backyard poultry and thousands of chicken farms.
