Health experts had termed August the deadliest month in terms of dengue cases and fatalities. But the numbers have climbed even higher this month.
The mosquito-borne disease has so far claimed at least 790 lives this year
With the onset of monsoon, torrential rains, and extreme hot weather, it looks like different viral diseases are making their rounds.
We even have our own experts repeatedly giving warnings ahead of the dengue season, and every year, they fall on deaf ears.
Among the deaths, 10 were in Dhaka
Can we respond to a public health crisis with the same urgency as the crisis over our electoral future?
At least 820 people were hospitalised with dengue and two others died from the disease in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, said the health directorate.
The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.
Dengue fever and other severe dengue symptoms are the result of a viral illness spread by mosquito bites. Those infected with dengue often have a high temperature, headache, bodily pains, nausea, and rash. As the population of Aedes mosquitoes, which transmit the dengue virus, has surged in the early days of summer, medical professionals have warned that Bangladesh may have an even more severe outbreak of the disease in 2023 than in the previous years.
Health experts had termed August the deadliest month in terms of dengue cases and fatalities. But the numbers have climbed even higher this month.
The mosquito-borne disease has so far claimed at least 790 lives this year
With the onset of monsoon, torrential rains, and extreme hot weather, it looks like different viral diseases are making their rounds.
We even have our own experts repeatedly giving warnings ahead of the dengue season, and every year, they fall on deaf ears.
Among the deaths, 10 were in Dhaka
Can we respond to a public health crisis with the same urgency as the crisis over our electoral future?
At least 820 people were hospitalised with dengue and two others died from the disease in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, said the health directorate.
The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.
Dengue fever and other severe dengue symptoms are the result of a viral illness spread by mosquito bites. Those infected with dengue often have a high temperature, headache, bodily pains, nausea, and rash. As the population of Aedes mosquitoes, which transmit the dengue virus, has surged in the early days of summer, medical professionals have warned that Bangladesh may have an even more severe outbreak of the disease in 2023 than in the previous years.
The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness