Summary: The death toll rises to 14 as dengue spreads in Bangladesh

DHAKA, July 31 (Xinhua) – Mosquito-borne dengue fever has spread to 63 out of 64 districts in Bangladesh, and the official death toll has been raised to 14 Wednesday.

The Bangladeshi government has stepped up its efforts to combat the disease by taking various measures, including the cancellation of doctors' leave and those responsible for the relevant departments.

Mirjadi Mehjabin, director of the Bangladesh Institute of Epidemiology, Control and Disease Research (IEDCR), said at a press conference in Dhaka that "cases of dengue had been reported in 63 districts, "adding that" I think we will contract dengue cases from the last district of Bangladesh today (Wednesday). "

A total of 1,335 new dengue cases were reported on Tuesday, the highest number recorded in a single day.

The figure reported by the Health Services Directorate General (DGHS) of the Ministry of Health also shows that 15,359 people were infected with the mosquito-borne disease during the first 30 days of July, which is greater than the number total of patients in all countries. last year.

At the same time, the daily bangla Prothom Alo reported Tuesday that the death toll had been recorded at 47, claiming that the disease had spread to 59 out of 64 districts.

But the latest data from the DGHS set the number of deaths at 14.

Ayesha Akhter, deputy director of the DGSS, told Xinhua on Wednesday that "14 people have died in Bangladesh because of dengue fever since January".

She said the number of dengue patients was 946 in July of last year, indicating that about 10,148 people had been infected with dengue fever by 2018 and that 26 of them were dead.

The director of IEDCR, Mirjadi Mehjabin, said that it was unlikely that the dengue virus will attenuate quickly, as the Aedes mosquito, carrying the virus, continues to reproduce up to ##################################################################>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In September.

She stressed that it was important to detect and properly destroy mosquito breeding areas to curb the disease outbreak.

DGSS officials urged the authorities concerned to take swift action to destroy mosquito breeding grounds in order to prevent the disease from becoming an epidemic.

The first case of mosquito-borne viral infection was reported in Bangladesh in 2000 and about 100 people died from the disease in 2000-2003. Enditem

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