Dengue on the rise, and more alarmingly, so is the death rate

Eighty-one percent of dengue patients who died this year were admitted to hospitals only after running a fever for three or more days, health authorities have reported, highlighting delayed hospitalisation as the leading cause of fatalities so far.

While other countries boast cherry blossoms and beach holidays, we get a yearly VIP visit from the Aedes mosquito.

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 431 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (September 21, 2022), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

One dengue patient died while 85 patients were admitted at hospitals across the country in 24 hours, till 8 am today.