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35 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Thirty-Five more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among them, 34 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining in other places, it said.
As many as 276 dengue patients, including 215 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
On Tuesday, this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne viral disease rose to five with two more deaths reported from Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar.
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On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 2,014 dengue cases and 1,733 recoveries so far.
Although dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic occurred in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. It has since become endemic in the country, with outbreaks recorded every year since. Although for a three-year period at one point, the number of deaths from the virus fell almost near zero, its most fatal year yet was in 2019, when 179 died experiencing the severe form of the disease.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it seemed to take a backseat, as only three deaths were reported from dengue that year.
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However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.
Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.
66 more Dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs
Sixty-six more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Monday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among them, 44 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka, it said.
As many as 234 dengue patients, including 177 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
On Sunday, this year’s death toll from the viral infection rose to three with death of two more patients deaths from Cox’s Bazar.
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On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
The dengue cases are rising in the capital allegedly due to insufficient measures taken by the two Dhaka city corporations for preventing mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,789 dengue cases and 1,552 recoveries so far.
Although dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic occurred in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. It has since become endemic in the country, with outbreaks recorded every year since. Although for a three-year period at one point, the number of deaths from the virus fell almost near zero, its most fatal year yet was in 2019, when 179 died experiencing the severe form of the disease.
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When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it seemed to take a backseat, as only three deaths were reported from dengue that year.
However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.
Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.
About 4 billion people, almost half of the world's population, live in areas with a risk of dengue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue while approximately 100 million get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue, it says.
"There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 per cent," according to the World Health Organization.
60 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs
Sixty more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Saturday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among them, 54 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka, it said.
As many as 220 dengue patients, including 176 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
The dengue cases are rising in the capital allegedly due to insufficient measures taken by the two Dhaka city corporations for preventing mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.
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On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,670 dengue cases and 1,449 recoveries so far.
Although dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic occurred in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. It has since become endemic in the country, with outbreaks recorded every year since. Although for a three-year period at one point, the number of deaths from the virus fell almost near zero, its most fatal year yet was in 2019, when 179 died experiencing the severe form of the disease.
Also read: Dengue: 51 patients hospitalised in 24hrs
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it seemed to take a backseat, as only three deaths were reported from dengue that year.
However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.
Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.
About 4 billion people, almost half of the world's population, live in areas with a risk of dengue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue while approximately 100 million get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue, it says.
"There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 per cent," according to the World Health Organization.
Dengue: 51 patients hospitalised in 24hrs
Fifty-one dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among them, 41 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 10 patients in other districts, it said.
As many as 179 dengue patients, including 139 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
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The dengue cases are rising in the capital allegedly due to insufficient measures taken by the two Dhaka city corporations for preventing mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.
On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,579 dengue cases and 1,399 recoveries so far.
Although dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 1964, the first epidemic occurred in 2000, claiming 93 lives that year. It has since become endemic in the country, with outbreaks recorded every year since. Although for a three-year period at one point, the number of deaths from the virus fell almost near zero, its most fatal year yet was in 2019, when 179 died experiencing the severe form of the disease.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it seemed to take a backseat, as only three deaths were reported from dengue that year.
Also read: Dengue: 51 patients hospitalised in 24hrs
However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.
Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.
About 4 billion people, almost half of the world's population, live in areas with a risk of dengue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue while approximately 100 million get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue, it says.
"There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 per cent," according to the World Health Organization.
Dengue: 20 new patients hospitalised
The country confirmed 20 more dengue – a viral infection – cases in the 24 hours to Saturday morning.
Nineteen new patients were admitted to the hospitals of Dhaka and one outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Ninety dengue patients, including 85 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
After a few months of low dengue figures, cases are creeping up again in Bangladesh.
This year, the DGHS has recorded 547 dengue cases and 457 recoveries so far. The directorate has not yet reported any death from the mosquito-borne viral disease.
Dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000 and claimed 93 lives. In three years, the fatality number almost fell to zero.
However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.
Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.
About 4 billion people, almost half of the world's population, live in areas with a risk of dengue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue while almost 100 million get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue, it says.
Because there are four different dengue viruses, a person can be infected by the virus up to four times in their life.
"There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 percent," according to the World Health Organization.
Khaleda hospitalised with heart problems
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital in the early hours of Saturday as she suddenly fell ill.
"Madam (Khaleda) suddenly fell ill at her Gulshan home. We rushed her to Evercare Hospital," Khaleda's physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain told UNB.
The BNP chief was taken to the coronary care unit (CCU) of the hospital at 3:20am, he added.
Zahid, however, declined to elaborate on her illness.
The BNP chief left her Gulshan residence for the hospital at 2:55am and was admitted there at 3:15am, said her media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan.
Hearing the news of Khaleda's illness, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir rushed to her Gulshan residence and later went to the hospital.
Coming out of the hospital around 4:30am, Fakhrul said after some primary tests, the doctors found that she has cardiac problems.
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"Madam's condition is stable now. How complicated her problem is can be confirmed after she undergoes different tests, especially an angiogram," he said.
BNP leader Moyeen Khan hospitalised
BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan was admitted to city’s Evercare Hospital on Sunday as he fell sick at an event in Narayanganj.
Also read: Publish the list of Money launderers, BNP asks govtHe was admitted to the hospital around 5pm, confirmed BNP chairperson's media wing member Shairul Kabir KhanHe said Moyeen Khan was attending a workshop in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district and suddenly fell sick in the afternoon after delivering a long speech there.
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Khulna City mayor hospitalised
Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukear Abdul Khaleque was hospitalised with high fever on Saturday.
The 69-year old KCC mayor was admitted to Shaheed Sheikh Abu Naser Specialised hospital in Khulna around 11 am, said Prakash Chandra, Residential Medical Officer (RMO) of the hospital.
“The mayor was admitted to the hospital in unconscious condition , said the RMO.
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He has been suffering from heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and last year he underwent a surgery in the prostate gland, said RMO Prakash Chandra.
He is currently being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital and the hospital authority formed a medical board with one doctor from each department for his treatment,” he said.
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Veteran Indian playback singer Sandhya Mukherjee hospitalised
Veteran Indian playback singer Sandhya Mukherjee, who sang the iconic song 'Bangabandhu Tumi Phirey Ele' when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was freed from prison, has been hospitalised in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.
The 90-year-old was rushed to Kolkata's premier state-run SSKM hospital on Thursday after she complained of breathlessness.
Hospital doctors told the local media that she was suffering from a lung infection that triggered her breathlessness. "A medical board has been constituted at SSKM Hospital to treat Mukherjee," a doctor said.
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A recipient of Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian honour of the eastern state of West Bengal, Mukherjee began her music career as a classical vocalist. Apart from several Bengali songs, she sang, as a playback singer, in 17 Bollywood films.
During the Bangladesh Liberation War, she raised money for the millions of Bengali refugees who came to Bengal to escape the fighting.
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Mukherjee subsequently became one of the first foreign artists to perform at an open-air concert in Paltan Maidan in Dhaka to celebrate the first Ekushey February after Bangladesh became independent in 1971.
Day 3 of hunger strike: 12 SUST students hospitalised
Now twelve of the 24 students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on an indefinite hunger strike since Wednesday have been hospitalised till Friday.
The 24 students embarked on fast-unto-death on Wednesday afternoon, demanding the resignation of the university's Vice-Chancellor.
In the past two days, most of the protesting students have fallen sick, UNB has learnt.
While Twelve of them have been hospitalised after their blood sugar levels dropped, remaining all were being given intravenous saline at the venue. One more left the venue in the early hours of Friday as his relative fell sick.
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