Bird Flu Case in Bangladesh Confirmed
According to reports, a 16-month-old baby boy in Bangladesh contracted the bird flu virus. Although the country first got its reported case last February 2007, the bird flu virus became dormant.
The boy from a slum in the capital Dhaka “has survived. He has been quarantined and his condition has improved,” Health Ministry official Mahmudur Rahman told agencies.
Authorities said that although the boy did not live near poultry farms, he might have gotten it from chickens brought by his parents from a farm. In response the Health Ministry has set up isolation units at all public clinics.