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Dengue turns alarming in Dhaka
148 hospitalised since May, survey finds high presence of Aedes
Manzur H Maswood | Published: 00:42, Jun 09,2019
Dengue has taken a turn for the worse in Dhaka since May 1 as a survey has found high presence of the vector of the disease, Aedes mosquito, in the capital.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, 258 people were hospitalised with dengue in Dhaka this year and two of them died but 148 of them were hospitalised in 33 days since May 1.
Its director for communicable diseases Sanya Tahmina said that the situation was ?alarming?.
?The situation has not improved compared with the past year,? she said.
The number of dengue cases was the highest since 2000 in 2018 as at least 26 people died of dengue and 10,148 others were hospitalised with dengue in Dhaka, according to the health directorate...
Dengue turns alarming in Dhaka
148 hospitalised since May, survey finds high presence of Aedes
Manzur H Maswood | Published: 00:42, Jun 09,2019
Dengue has taken a turn for the worse in Dhaka since May 1 as a survey has found high presence of the vector of the disease, Aedes mosquito, in the capital.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, 258 people were hospitalised with dengue in Dhaka this year and two of them died but 148 of them were hospitalised in 33 days since May 1.
Its director for communicable diseases Sanya Tahmina said that the situation was ?alarming?.
?The situation has not improved compared with the past year,? she said.
The number of dengue cases was the highest since 2000 in 2018 as at least 26 people died of dengue and 10,148 others were hospitalised with dengue in Dhaka, according to the health directorate...
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