dengue outbreak
Dengue outbreak: Hospitals strained as cases spike
Rajkumar Das stood with his son, Saikat Kumar Das, at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for over an hour, desperately seeking a bed in the male dengue ward.
Rain brings fresh dengue concerns
So far, the country has already recorded 44 deaths and 3,651 hospitalisations from dengue this year. With ongoing intermittent rains, experts fear the situation could worsen if immediate actions are not taken.
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Dengue Menace: Aedes control efforts not up to the mark
The number of dengue patients will be higher this year than last year and most of the cases will be from outside Dhaka, said experts.
Government's lacklustre attitude as deadly as dengue itself
How much worse does the situation have to get to be taken seriously
FEAR OF DENGUE FEVER / Mosquito coils, sprays, nets see rising demand
The demand for anti-mosquito products, such as coils, aerosol sprays, nets and rackets, has increased in Bangladesh as people are looking to avoid dengue fever amid the recent outbreak, according to businesspeople.
An ominous feeling of being followed
Are we becoming complacent regarding our love-hate living arrangement with mosquitoes?
Alarming rise of dengue needs urgent action
Heed experts’ advice to prevent another deadly outbreak
Danger of dengue outbreak looms large
The country has already seen the death of 12 dengue patients before the beginning of the monsoon, while 1,261 others were hospitalised till yesterday. The numbers indicate alarming signs of a massive dengue outbreak this year.
Dengue risk rising
The graphs look chilling. A red line sharply shooting north, crossing a purple, a yellow, a blue and a green. “That's what dengue looks like this year,” said Dr Ayesha Akhter, in-charge of disease control room at the directorate of health, pointing to the red line representing the number of patients this year.
Act now to prevent dengue outbreak
After a few months of relative relief, a large part of Dhaka South City Corporation is again at risk of suffering a dengue outbreak, a survey found. Out of the 2,599 buildings and construction sites they visited to conduct the survey, officials found Aedes larvae in 938, thus raising the concern.