World Bank aid to help Bangladesh fight bird flu

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will receive a grant of $2 million from a concessionary arm of the World Bank to help arrest the spread of bird flu in the densely populated country, a bank statement said on Monday.

Bird flu has spread to 19 districts out of Bangladesh's 64 districts since March, forcing authorities to cull nearly 246,000 chickens.

There have been no known cases of people being infected with the H5N1 virus in the country.

The aid from the International Development Association (IDA), an arm of the World Bank, will help train poultry farmers in the fight against the disease.