In Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that at least nine people died of dengue, and 1,963 people were hospitalised across the country in the first six days of September. This year, the number of vector-borne fever cases has crossed the 15000-mark, and the death toll has reached 93, which shows an alarming trend amid the inaction of civic bodies.
Since the fall of the Awami League regime in the country, civic bodies in many of the major cities are experiencing administrative chaos that resulted in the discontinuation of the anti-mosquito drives in the past couple of weeks.
As per the DGHS data, around 2000 patients are now receiving treatment at various hospitals across Bangladesh. Dhaka, Chittagong, and Barisal divisions have the highest number of cases. According to entomologists, the dengue control drive did not get proper attention in the past weeks, leading to a hike in mosquito density, and they feared that dengue hospitalisations and deaths would continue to increase if mosquito breeding is not controlled.
Some of them questioned the effectiveness of the insecticides being applied for years and the spray method being used for decades. Last year, 1,705 people lost their lives due to dengue in Bangladesh, making it the deadliest year on record.
