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DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh is facing the worst dengue epidemic ever, with hospitals flooding patients, putting the country's urgent emergency services under strain.
Mosquito-borne viral infection has spread throughout the country, with 61 out of 64 districts reporting dengue fever by the end of Tuesday.
The government has confirmed 15,369 dengue cases since 1 January. Of these, 9,683 patients were diagnosed between July 1st and 30th. Approximately 4,400 patients, many of them children, were receiving treatment at the hospital.
According to Ayesha Akhter, head of the Ministry of Health, a dengue fever outbreak has occurred in each monsoon season since 2000, but this year's epidemic is the worst.
Dengue occurs in tropical regions around the world and is transmitted by a type of mosquito that lives mainly in urban areas.
The Associated Press
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