Dengue cases
Address IV saline crisis urgently
Shortages of dengue medicine should not have been an issue at this critical time
We can’t treat dengue patients with so few nurses
Government must address the shortage in public hospitals
Dengue Outbreak: 21-40 age group hit the hardest
Almost 35 percent of the people who died from dengue are aged between 21 and 40 years, according to the health directorate data.
Dengue Outbreak: More cases now outside Dhaka
For the first time in the country’s history, dengue cases outside Dhaka district have outnumbered cases inside the district, raising an alarm that the situation may worsen outside Dhaka.
Dengue patients deserve optimal care
Hospitals must be better equipped to treat incoming patients
14 more die of dengue, 2,653 hospitalised
Among the deaths, 10 were in Dhaka
Our dengue control methods are beyond inadequate
The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.
Early action key to dengue control
Lessons from past years must reflect in decisions by relevant authorities
Highest dengue deaths last year
At least 281 people succumbed to dengue last year, while 62,382 patients were hospitalised, the highest deaths and second-highest cases ever recorded in the country.
Address IV saline crisis urgently
Shortages of dengue medicine should not have been an issue at this critical time
We can’t treat dengue patients with so few nurses
Government must address the shortage in public hospitals
Dengue Outbreak: 21-40 age group hit the hardest
Almost 35 percent of the people who died from dengue are aged between 21 and 40 years, according to the health directorate data.
Dengue Outbreak: More cases now outside Dhaka
For the first time in the country’s history, dengue cases outside Dhaka district have outnumbered cases inside the district, raising an alarm that the situation may worsen outside Dhaka.
Dengue patients deserve optimal care
Hospitals must be better equipped to treat incoming patients
14 more die of dengue, 2,653 hospitalised
Among the deaths, 10 were in Dhaka
Our dengue control methods are beyond inadequate
The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.
Early action key to dengue control
Lessons from past years must reflect in decisions by relevant authorities
Highest dengue deaths last year
At least 281 people succumbed to dengue last year, while 62,382 patients were hospitalised, the highest deaths and second-highest cases ever recorded in the country.
Why is dengue deadlier this year?
When there were more than one lakh reported cases of the dengue virus in the country in 2019, the death toll was 179, but this year 216 people have died so far from dengue even though cases are around half compared to three years ago.