The Bangladesh dengladesh epidemic aggravates quickly with the infections and deaths that climb strongly across the country, said health experts, warning that the disease could spiral if the efforts to control urgent and coordinated mosquitoes are not launched.
According to the Directorate General for Health Services (DGHS), 50,689 cases of dengue and 215 deaths were reported nationally this year on October 6.
Professor Kabirul Bashar, entomologist at the University of Jahangirnagar, said that the triggering of the disease causing mosquitoes – already serious in September – could become “alarming” this month due to climate change and erratic precipitation, as well as prolonged vacation and weak action of the weak local government which disturbed the anti -mosquito records.
“If we do not act now, the situation could become uncontrollable,” said Bashar.
He said climate change has extended the mosquito breeding season, while delays in cleaning and fog discs have worsened the problem. Once mainly confined to cities, dengue is now spread to small cities and rural areas, which makes it fear that it will become endemic on a national scale.
Hospitals under increasing tensions and infections are still increasing, health officials fear that the crisis will deepen in the coming weeks.
The crisis is aggravated by an increase in cases of chikungunya, also a disease causing mosquitoes. Although chikungunya is rarely fatal, it often leaves both children and adults suffering from serious joint pain and persistent weakness.
The worst year recorded in Bangladesh for Dengue was in 2023 when the disease killed 1,705 people and infected more than 321,000. Experts warn that the country could face another devastating cycle if high preventive measures are not taken.
