2023-09-16 09:42:17
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WHO: Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever will spread faster due to climate change
Dengue fever patients receiving treatment at Dhaka Mugda Medical College Hospital
(Dhaka AP = Yonhap News) Dengue fever patients are being treated at Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the 14th (local time). 2023.09.16
(New Delhi = Yonhap News) Correspondent Yoo Chang-yeop = Dengue fever, a tropical infectious disease, is rampant in Bangladesh.
So far this year, the number of deaths due to infection has reached close to 800, breaking the all-time high.
Accordingly, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned that mosquito-borne viruses such as dengue fever, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever are spreading faster and farther due to climate change.
According to the Associated Press report on the 16th (local time) citing Bangladesh government statistics, the number of deaths due to dengue fever reached 778 and the number of infected people reached 157,172 as of the previous day.
The number of deaths due to dengue fever was the highest ever at 281 last year, but the number of deaths this year is already overwhelmingly surpassing that number.
If you contract dengue fever, symptoms such as high fever, headache, muscle pain, leukopenia, and bleeding appear following an incubation period of 3 to 8 days, but usually improve following regarding a week. However, there is no vaccine or treatment.
Experts are looking for the reason for the unprecedented number of dengue fever deaths in Bangladesh this year due to the authorities’ lack of coordinated response ability.
Muhammad Nyatujaman, director of the state-run Mugda Medical College Hospital in the capital Dhaka, said there was no sustainable policy once morest dengue and many people did not know how to deal with it.
Nyatujaman added that in Dhaka suburbs and other large cities, medical staff, including nurses, need to be trained on how to deal with dengue patients.
At the same time, he emphasized that the authorities should work with city-affiliated corporations and local governments to deal with dengue fever, and researchers should study ways to prepare for dengue fever outbreaks.
Dengue fever patient being treated at Dhaka Mugda Medical College Hospital
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The AP reported that some citizens of Dhaka are dissatisfied with the authorities’ insufficient response.
Zakir Husain, a resident of Basobo district in downtown Dhaka, said, “My house is in a dengue fever risk area, and there is more trash and waste in this area (than other areas). Even though I am careful and use mosquito nets, my daughter caught dengue fever.” He said.
He added, “I’m worried regarding what will happen to people who don’t know (dengue fever),” and added, “If the Taka City Corporation and the district office had paid more attention and sprayed pesticides (in our area), the dengue fever outbreak might have been avoided.”
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