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While Indian authorities are declaring a semi-victory in West Bengal's culling efforts, Pakistan and Bangladesh are continuing to struggle with new outbreaks.
The virus has now spread to more than half of Bangladesh's 64 districts, up roughly a dozen in the past two weeks. Admittedly, some of those districts likely had the virus for quite some time before their announced discovery, so the rate of spread is somewhat murky.
This from Reuters.
Bird flu spreads in Bangladesh, port city on alert
Sun 3 Feb 2008, 10:57 GMT
DHAKA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to three more districts of Bangladesh, the livestock department said on Sunday, taking the number of affected districts to more than half of the country's 64 districts.
The latest outbreaks were reported in southwestern Gopalganj, northeastern Sylhet and northern Mymensingh district, officials said.
The port city of Chittagong was put on high alert after some dead crows tested positive for the H5N1 virus, local officials said.
Officials said the government was taking measures to contain the spread of the disease, but ignorance among millions of farmers across the impoverished country remained a stumbling block.
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