Chittagong Correspondent
The government is likely to seek Chinese assistance for better tackling the Avian Influenza Virus (AIV), key reason of flu among fowls, now spreading fast in the country and risking public health.
The H5N1–Avian Influenza Virus - claimed more than 200 lives in Asia, Europe and Middle East since 2003.
Probability of human infection by the virus grows faster as the prevalence of the virus is endemic particularly in the densely populated places.
Nearly half a million poultry birds have so far been culled in the country since the outbreak of the H5N1 virus in 2006. [Read more]