Poultry farm in Bangladesh did have H5N1 bird flu

The strain of bird flu deadly to humans was today detected at a state-run poultry farm near the Bangladeshi capital where workers recently slaughtered about 30,000 chickens, the government said.

Poultry farm in Bangladesh did have H5N1 bird flu

The strain of bird flu deadly to humans was today detected at a state-run poultry farm near the Bangladeshi capital where workers recently slaughtered about 30,000 chickens, the government said.

The country’s health minister, S.M. Matiur Rahman, said there were no reported cases of human infections but that citizens had been put on alert.

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