Astrazeneca Shots: Survey to determine ‘side effects’
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen said yesterday that the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is conducting a survey to determine whether recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Bangladesh are exhibiting any side effects.
Locally made dengue test kits will reduce dependency on foreign kits: health minister
Health Minister Samanta Lal Sen said today that dengue tests will be more accessible to people once marketing of the locally developed testing kit starts in the country
Heatwave: icddr,b, DGHS issue health guidelines
The DGHS has urged to call 16263 to take telemedicine service within 24 hours if anyone experiences any symptoms
Disease
Dengue claims 3 more lives
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 27 this year.
Dengue: 3 die, 9 get hospitalised in a day
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 27 this year
Diagnose dengue with ease at home
People who suspect that they have dengue may soon breathe a little easier as they will not have to take on the hassle of a hospital visit to confirm or dispel the fear.
Dengue: 1 dies, 23 hospitalised in 24hrs
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till this morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 24 this year
Bangladesh sees one more Covid-19 death, 16 cases
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19 death and 16 fresh cases in 24 hours till this morning
We must work together for fire safety, dengue prevention: Atiqul
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today called upon residents to actively collaborate with city officials in ensuring fire safety, cleanliness and combating the threat of dengue fever
5 more dengue patients hospitalised
No fresh death due to dengue was reported in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till last morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Diarrhoea situation in Patuakhali alarming
The number of diarrhoea patients admitted to different hospitals in Patuakhali has seen a sudden rise in the last couple of days.
Food
Health alert
Pneumonia, associated symptoms: 89 children die in 17 days at Shishu Hospital
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.
Dengue Fever: 1 dead, 201 hospitalised
One more dengue patient died while 201 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Dengue claims 2 more lives
Two more dengue patients died and 14 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Dengue claims 8 lives in a day
Eight dengue patients died, while 765 were admitted to hospitals across the country yesterday.
‘Pink eye’ prevalence in the port city
There has been a sudden increase in conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye) patients in Chattogram city for over two weeks.
The dangerous rise of dengue
Twenty-four dengue patients have died so far in the country, of whom, 21 died in the last eight months.
Dengue cases double between July, Aug
August witnessed 3,551 dengue cases, more than double the number recorded in July. This indicates that the dengue situation is further deteriorating.
Still no robust policy to control Aedes mosquitoes
Three years have passed since the country witnessed over one lakh dengue patients in a year.
