Dengue infections keep rising
More and more dengue patients are requiring hospitalisation as the number of dengue cases continues to rise across the country.
At least 214 people with dengue fever were admitted to hospitals in the country in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday. Three of them were from outside Dhaka. This took the total number of dengue patients to 4,115, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the infected, only 147 were from outside Dhaka.
Around 1,457 of the dengue patients were diagnosed during the current month, which indicates the fast-rising trend of the disease.
As the capital's public hospitals are overwhelmed with Covid patients, those with dengue were finding it hard to get admission there.
The growing number of dengue cases since last month has been an additional pressure for the hospitals.
Though most of the patients who were hospitalised have so far been released, 1,010 are still undergoing treatment at hospitals in Dhaka, and 38 outside the capital, the DGHS data shows.
DGHS spokesperson Dr Md Nazmul Islam said the dengue situation could turn alarming again, but it would be possible to face the situation if necessary measures are taken immediately.
"We have seen the dengue epidemic in 2019, and in 2021, we are in a similar situation," said Nazmul, also a director (disease control) of the DGHS.
At least 2,286 people were hospitalised across the country in July while the number was 272 in June. Forty-three were infected in May.
Meanwhile, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh through a video message yesterday urged city dwellers to provide information about Aedes mosquito larvae or the breeding sources logging into their website or calling their control room numbers.
"We will take immediate steps to destroy the breeding sources after getting the information," said the DSCC mayor.
He said their teams led by ward councillors are going door to door after getting information from DGHS to destroy the Aedes mosquito larvae and breeding sources.
The DSCC mayor added that they are also conducting combing operations and they are monitoring the operation from their control rooms.
He said if any resident of DSCC area gives information about Aedes mosquito larvae or source in the website https://forms.gle/gPamcWqJNFtDZvir6, the city corporation will destroy those larvae and sources free of cost after getting the information.
He also asked residents to give information in this regard to their control room numbers (0170990888 and 029556014) if they want.
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