New Delhi: Sparking a nationwide alert in Bangladesh, bird flu has spread to six poultry farms near capital Dhaka.
Thousands of birds were culled on Friday and army troops called out to assist police in carrying out an "intensive" monitoring after bird flu broke out in several farms in Bangladesh.
Out of over 42,400 poultry on the six farms in Savar, situated 25 km north of Dhaka, over 12,000 had died and another 21,000 had been culled over the past few days.
The H5N1 avian flu virus has not spread to other areas of the country and there was no cause for panic, said government sources.
The disease was confirmed through tests by laboratories in Bangladesh and Thailand, the government said late on Thursday.
The government ordered a series of steps including health examination of people at inflicted poultry farms, a day after bird flu was detected in the country.
Army troops were called out to assist police in carrying out "intensive and constant" monitoring against the avian flu across the country while the Agriculture and Livestock and the Health Ministry opened round-the-clock control rooms to monitor the developments.
World Health Organisation representative in Dhaka Duangvadee Sungkhobol said Bangladesh's high population density exposed it to an intensified avian influenza outbreak.
The United Nations also expressed concern over the spread of bird flu in Bangladesh.
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