Dengue claims five more lives, death toll rises to 167
People suffering from dengue fever take treatment at Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex, Pabna on 7 October 2022
Dengue claims five more lives 24 hours till Saturday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne
disease in Bangladesh to 167
During the period, 788 dengue patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according
to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the latest deaths, three were reported from Dhaka one from Chattogram and
another from Khulna division.
During the period, 788 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according
to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Of the latest deaths, three were reported from Dhaka one from Chattogram and
another from Khulna division.
The directorate has recorded 42, 199 dengue cases and 38,295 recoveries so far
this year.
On Thursday, the country reported nine deaths, the highest death toll
from dengue in a day this year.
Dengue outbreaks in Bangladesh exceeded all previous records in 2019, mostly
in the capital city of Dhaka. A total of 101,354 dengue cases with 179 dengue-related deaths were officially recorded.
Mosquito menace in project area, say workers
Dengue fever has broken out among the workers of the under-construction
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project in Ishwardi upazila in Pabna.
There is a huge amount of mosquitoes in the project area and that’s why
fever has broken out, said the workers.
However, though the dengue fever has broken out in the project area, there is no
larva of Aedes mosquito, the variant of mosquito that carried the dangue- virus,
claimed civil surgeon Manisar Chowdhury.
He also said they have been taking various steps to curb the outbreak of dangue.
Nearly 250 patients have undergone treatment at two hospitals in the district. Over 80 per cent of them are the workers of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project.
Currently, 25 dengue patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals while another 40 foreign citizens, suffering from dangue fever, have been taking treatment at different hospitals including in Dhaka, said the project sources.
Nearly 100 patients have taken treatment at the Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex. Among them, 80/85 are the workers of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project. Ten, including nine workers of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, patients were taking treatment at the Upazila Health Complex on Friday.
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