Bangladesh sees record death toll from dengue outbreak

Record ID: 1736514

  • Title: Bangladesh sees record death toll from dengue outbreak
  • Date: 4th August 2023
  • Summary: DHAKA, BANGLADESH (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) STAGNANT PUDDLE OF WATER WHICH SERVES AS BREEDING ZONE FOR AEDES MOSQUITOES VARIOUS OF INSECTS JUMPING IN STAGNANT WATER PUDDLE IN LITTERED AREA ANTI-DENGUE CAMPAIGN BANNER AT HOSPITAL ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF RELATIVES PUTTING MOSQUITO NET AROUND PATIENT’S HOSPITAL BED / PATIENT IN BED VARIOUS OF CROWDED HOSPITAL FOYER WITH DENGUE PATIENTS ABDUR RAHMAN HOLDING ON TO DRIP AND HELPING HIS WIFE ABDUR RAHMANS' WIFE SITTING ON BED (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) ABDUR RAHMAN, HUSBAND OF DENGUE PATIENT, SAYING: "My wife was diagnosed with dengue yesterday in another hospital. We went back home and her condition deteriorated. That’s why we rushed back to this hospital and doctors admitted her immediately." PATIENTS IN CROWDED HOSPITAL HALLWAY PEOPLE RESTING ON HOSPITAL FLOOR (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) SHARIFUL ISLAM, RELATIVE OF DENGUE PATIENT, SAYING: "Since we came here, the doctors and nurses told us that they cannot provide us with a proper bed but if we stay, they would treat us. We had no other choice but to arrange things on the floor for my mother and sister." VARIOUS OF DENGUE WARD WITH MOSQUITO NETS NAZMUL SHEIKH, FATHER OF DENGUE PATIENT SITTING ON BED MEDICAL WORKER WIPING HAND OF PATIENT (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) NAZMUL SHEIKH, FATHER OF DENGUE PATIENT, SAYING: "My son works on a cargo ferry. When he got sick, his boss admitted him here and called us. I came from the village to take care of my son. Today is our fourth day in the hospital.” TWO PEOPLE SLEEPING IN BED MOSQUITO NET SALINE DRIP (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) KABIRUL BASHAR, PROFESSOR OF ENTOMOLOGY, JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, SAYING: "When the pre-monsoon rains started in April, so did the Aedes mosquito breeding. The virus had already spread within the community therefore it was also being transmitted. This is the reason why we are seeing such a high number of dengue cases in July. This will probably increase further in August and September." VARIOUS OF MOSQUITO NETS IN DENGUE WARD SALINE DRIP ON HAND
  • Embargoed: 18th August 2023 13:53
  • Keywords: Aedes Bangladesh Dengue Dengue Fever Disease Record death Viral Disease
  • Location: DHAKA, BANGLADESH
  • City: DHAKA, BANGLADESH
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA001227004082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITOR'S NOTE: PART AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING
    Hospitals in Dhaka struggled to make space for the high number of Dengue patients on Friday (August 4) as Bangladesh saw a record number of deaths and infections for the second consecutive year.
    The mosquito-borne disease is spreading rapidly through densely populated Bangladesh this rainy season. At least 283 affected people have died, more than half of them in the capital Dhaka. More than 37,000 have become infected with the virus so far this year, according to official figures on Thursday (August 3).
    In 2022, the virus claimed 281 lives, a record high since the authorities started keeping a tally in 2000, and 62,423 people were infected, the figures showed.
    There is no vaccine or drug that specifically treats dengue, which is common in South Asia during the June-to-September monsoon season as the Aedes aegypti mosquito which spreads the disease thrives in stagnant water.
    Experts said that they expect to get more cases towards the end of the June-to-September monsoon season.
    (Production: Sam Jahan, Kabirul Bashar, Carla O'Connor)
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