Hospitals in Bangladesh have registered 10 new cases of dengue fever in a day, taking the tally of infections since Jan 1 to 1,271 after the worst outbreak last year. The death toll from the mosquito-borne disease remained unchanged, with no fatalities in the daily count published by the Directorate General of Health Services on Saturday. The new cases included five in Dhaka and six outside the capital. In 2023, Bangladesh recorded 321,179 hospitalisations and 1,705 deaths from the viral disease, and the outbreak has continued this year. Experts say dengue may affect Bangladesh throughout the year from now on, not just in the monsoon, if the authorities do not move to prevent the disease.

Source: bd News24 February 17, 2024 16:42 UTC