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Permission to be granted for direct import of insecticides to eradicate Aedes
Dhaka, Aug 7 (UNB) – Permission will be provided soon to those who want to import dengue preventive medicines, including Odomas/Repellant or insecticides to destroy Aedes mosquito.
City hospitals are overrun with dengue patients
Dhaka, Aug 6 (UNB) – Hospitals and clinics in the capital are overflowing with dengue patients as panic-stricken city dwellers are rushing towards the medical facilities as they start feeling unwell, mounting a serious pressure on the overstretched medical system, said experts.
Dengue spreads to all 64 districts: DGHS
Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB) – The government on Friday confirmed that dengue has spread to all corners of Bangladesh, indicating that the situation has taken a turn for the worse.
Coordinated efforts needed to face dengue situation: Obaidul
Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said concerted efforts are needed to tackle the dengue situation and eliminate aedes mosquitoes, responsible for the disease.
Two more die, 1712 hospitalised as dengue keeps playing havoc
Dhaka, Aug 1 (UNB) – Dengue cases are still surging across the country as two more people have died and 1,712 more have been hospitalised with the mosquito-borne virus, creating panic among people.
Flood victims’ woes worsen with outbreak of diseases
Dhaka, July 29 (UNB) - A total of 18,073 people have so far been affected by various water-borne diseases and other natural disasters in the flood-hit areas this year, as floodwater is receding from different parts of the country.
Some 345 unions under 76 upazilas of 28 districts were hit by flood, according to sources at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
In the flood-affected districts, 6,860 people were affected by diarrhoea while 1,961 with respiratory tract infection, 2,405 with skin diseases, 585 with eye infection and 5,676 with other diseases in the last 19 days since July 10, said the sources.
Two more lose battle to dengue in Dhaka, Faridpur
Dhaka, July 29 (UNB) – Two more people infected with mosquito-borne dengue died in Dhaka and Faridpur districts on Monday.
Overcrowded hospitals get 1,096 more dengue patients
Dhaka, July 29 (UNB) – Some 1,096 people suffering from dengue fever were hospitalised across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday, showing a gradual rise in the number of such patients over the last several days.
Panic grips DU as dengue prevalence worsens
Dhaka, July 28 (UNB) – There is nothing new in campus protests at Dhaka University (DU). Its students burst into protests occasionally to realise their various demands. They rocked their campus on Sunday, too. But this time it was prompted by an unusual reason -- dengue outbreak.
A DU student has died of dengue and at least ‘150 others’ have been infected with the mosquito-borne viral disease amid a worsening situation across the country, prompting their fellows to demand immediate postponement of their classes and examinations.
824 dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs: Govt
Dhaka, July 28 (UNB) – A total of 824 people suffering from dengue fever were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Sunday morning, the government said on Sunday.