A group of entomologists have pinned the blame on local government authorities in Bangladesh for their shortsightedness and failure to contain the outbreak of dengue virus, the worst since record-keeping began in the 1960s, reports bdnews24.com. During a seminar in Dhaka on Saturday, an entomologist said he believes this year's dengue outbreak, which has claimed 453 lives as of Friday, should have been declared a health emergency. "The fogging method city corporations used to kill an adult mosquito is useless since Aedes aegypti [known carrier of dengue virus] does not live on sewerage lines or drainage. Time and time again, we have advised city authorities to use the ULV [ultra-low volume] spraying method." "The number of hospitalisations and deaths in July alone was enough to declare the outbreak as an epidemic.

Source: bd News24 August 19, 2023 18:02 UTC