Bangladesh dengue outbreak accelerates as hospitals come under strain
Health officials said 1,558 people were hospitalized in 24 hours, the highest daily tally this year, as weather and mosquito breeding sites fuel transmission.
- Bangladesh's dengue outbreak is accelerating, with 42,590 hospitalizations and 117 deaths recorded this year as 1,558 new patients were admitted in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily admission tally this year.
- Aedes mosquitoes have spread beyond Dhaka, fueling infections in all 64 districts while straining a healthcare system already managing a nationwide measles outbreak that killed nearly 1,000 children this year.
- Struggling to find a hospital bed for his four-year-old son, Zahid Hasan described the ordeal as a "nightmare," while Professor Tarek Alam, a physician treating dengue patients in Dhaka, warned that "patients are flooding hospitals."
- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman ordered nationwide cleanup and awareness campaigns, urging citizens to remove stagnant water and other mosquito-breeding sites while encouraging greater community participation in control measures.
- Professor Kabirul Bashar of Jahangirnagar University warned hospitalizationscould exceed 30,000 this month if trends continue; "The peak has not been reached yet," Bashar said, with weather conditions expected to support transmission into October.
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Bangladesh dengue fever surge strains hospitals as case numbers pass 42,000
At least four dengue patients died, and 1,558 others were hospitalized in the past 24 hours, according to health ministry data, marking the highest daily admission tally recorded so far this year.
The dengue epidemic in Bangladesh is spreading rapidly, with 42,590 people hospitalized this year due to the disease, with 117 deaths. The sudden increase in the number of patients in September is burdening hospitals and raising fears of a further deterioration of the situation. In […] The post Dengue epidemic is spreading dramatically in Bangladesh, with 1,500 people hospitalized in just 24 hours first appeared in Novi list.
A dengue epidemic is spreading rapidly in BANGLADESH, with overburdened hospitals recording a record number of hospitalizations and fears of further deterioration.
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