Bangladesh can learn from Kolkata's success story
Bangladesh still finds itself dealing with the crisis as lives continue to be cut tragically short.
Mujahidul Islam Shamim, a resident of Monipur, has been undergoing treatment at the dengue ward of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital from September 15.
After last year witnessed the highest number of dengue fatalities, it seemed the situation couldn’t get any worse. However, dengue fatalities this year till May are already 21 more than the same period last year, indicating the worst is yet to come.
What awaits us for the rest of the year?
2 die, 110 hospitalised in a day
At least nine more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease
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 spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness
One dengue patient died while 85 patients were admitted at hospitals across the country in 24 hours, till 8 am today.
