Public awareness is also essential
With four days shy of the month-end, August has seen a higher number of dengue cases than all of last year.
With 2,192 new patients admitted to hospitals yesterday, dengue cases hit a record high since its first official outbreak in 2000, crossing the 1,00,000-threshold in eight months this year.
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.
Health Minister Zahed Maleque today said that about 1,700 people have so far been infected with dengue this year, which is five times the number of infected at the same time last year
Lessons from past years must reflect in decisions by relevant authorities
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.
The government’s fight against the scourge of ever-increasing dengue infections has proven to be futile.
The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness
The annual meeting of the Nikhil Bangladesh Mosha (mosquito) Samity has been convened.
The government must help hospitals accommodate rising cases
With dengue patients surpassing the capacity of all public hospitals in Dhaka, the situation may go out of control if it is not checked immediately, Secretary of Health Services Division Anwar Hossain Hawlader said today (October 17, 2022).
Two dengue patients died while 53 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours, till 8am today (July 17, 2022).
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today (July 16, 2022) opened a control room to provide free dengue tests and advice regarding the disease to its residents.
At least 27 dengue patients were hospitalised in different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am today which is showing an alarming trend of rising dengue cases.
