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Kamruzzaman Bablu
At least seven persons were affected per day by mosquito-borne dengue fever in the first week of this month in the capital.
The disease has so far claimed two dead and 300 affected in the capital from June 1 to 8, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). On June 8 alone, nine persons were affected by the dengue.
“Since June 1 to 8, more then 300 patients were admitted to different government and private hospitals in the city. Some 279 persons were released from several hospitals after taking treatment,” Dr Ayesha Akter, Assistant Director of Emergency Operations Centre and Control Room of DGHS told The New Nation on Monday.
In January, 36 people were affected by dengue, while 118 in February, 12 in March, 44 in April, 139 in May and 55 till June 8.respectively. Among them, two patients died, she said.
Sources said, on April 25, a 53-year old man was admitted to city’s BRB Hospital and he died on April 29 under treatment while another patient got admitted in the hospital on April 28 and died a day letter.
According to health experts, mosquito-borne dengue fever has raised again in
the capital following the variation in rainfall pattern. Generally, people in the city get affected with the dengue fever when monsoon begins since mosquitoes find a suitable atmosphere and spread the virus.
The experts said authorities concerned should take prompt action to destroy the larvae responsible for the eventual spread of the dengue virus, and raise awareness.
Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said, people must keep an eye on their rooftops, unused containers, house yards, unused car tires, refrigerators and air conditioners and other places where water can remain stagnant for about five days.
The Aedes mosquitoes breed in the country between January and August. According to World Health Organization (WHO), once infected, humans become the main carriers and multipliers of the dengue virus, serving as a source of the virus for uninfected mosquitoes.
The virus circulates in the blood of an infected person for 2-7 days, at approximately the same time that the person develops a fever. Patients who are already affected with the dengue fever can transmit the infection via Aedes mosquitoes after the first symptoms appear.
Since 2000, at least 270 people have died of dengue and 40,098 got affected in the capital, the official data revealed.
The first officially recorded epidemic of dengue was in 2000, while the highest number of cases reported in a single year was 6,132 in 2002.
Kamruzzaman Bablu
At least seven persons were affected per day by mosquito-borne dengue fever in the first week of this month in the capital.
The disease has so far claimed two dead and 300 affected in the capital from June 1 to 8, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). On June 8 alone, nine persons were affected by the dengue.
“Since June 1 to 8, more then 300 patients were admitted to different government and private hospitals in the city. Some 279 persons were released from several hospitals after taking treatment,” Dr Ayesha Akter, Assistant Director of Emergency Operations Centre and Control Room of DGHS told The New Nation on Monday.
In January, 36 people were affected by dengue, while 118 in February, 12 in March, 44 in April, 139 in May and 55 till June 8.respectively. Among them, two patients died, she said.
Sources said, on April 25, a 53-year old man was admitted to city’s BRB Hospital and he died on April 29 under treatment while another patient got admitted in the hospital on April 28 and died a day letter.
According to health experts, mosquito-borne dengue fever has raised again in
the capital following the variation in rainfall pattern. Generally, people in the city get affected with the dengue fever when monsoon begins since mosquitoes find a suitable atmosphere and spread the virus.
The experts said authorities concerned should take prompt action to destroy the larvae responsible for the eventual spread of the dengue virus, and raise awareness.
Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said, people must keep an eye on their rooftops, unused containers, house yards, unused car tires, refrigerators and air conditioners and other places where water can remain stagnant for about five days.
The Aedes mosquitoes breed in the country between January and August. According to World Health Organization (WHO), once infected, humans become the main carriers and multipliers of the dengue virus, serving as a source of the virus for uninfected mosquitoes.
The virus circulates in the blood of an infected person for 2-7 days, at approximately the same time that the person develops a fever. Patients who are already affected with the dengue fever can transmit the infection via Aedes mosquitoes after the first symptoms appear.
Since 2000, at least 270 people have died of dengue and 40,098 got affected in the capital, the official data revealed.
The first officially recorded epidemic of dengue was in 2000, while the highest number of cases reported in a single year was 6,132 in 2002.
