The lone diseased is a female patient from Dhaka Division
However, mass testing is yet to start
KidsRights report said one in seven children and adolescents aged between 10 and 19 suffered mental health issues
Two women died from Covid-19 and 15 new cases of the disease were reported in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, according to the health directorate.
Eight cases from Dhaka Division, five from Chattogram Division, and two from Mymensingh Division
Activists from Students Against Discrimination staged a protest at the Barguna Press Club yesterday, raising alarm over what they called a “dire dengue situation” in the district.
DGHS has also instructed to enhance health screening and surveillance measures at all land, river, and airports
According to a statement signed by Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, public relations officer at the airport, a set of precautionary measures has been rolled out to prevent potential spread of the virus through international arrivals
The move comes following an alert issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on June 6
With the new numbers, the country's total Covid-19 caseload rose to 2,021,742
In the first 22 days in November, the country has already witnessed over 123 deaths and 23,009 dengue cases, showing an alarming trend this year.
With a cannula in her right hand, three-and-half-year-old Madeya Momtaz was receiving treatment while lying on a bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital.
One more dengue patient died while 201 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Two more dengue patients died and 14 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Eight dengue patients died, while 765 were admitted to hospitals across the country yesterday.
There has been a sudden increase in conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye) patients in Chattogram city for over two weeks.
Twenty-four dengue patients have died so far in the country, of whom, 21 died in the last eight months.
August witnessed 3,551 dengue cases, more than double the number recorded in July. This indicates that the dengue situation is further deteriorating.
