Dengue cases might start to increase during August or September, as this year’s outbreak will get delayed due to the monsoon starting late, said experts at a programme yesterday.

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The number of dengue patients will be higher this year than last year and most of the cases will be from outside Dhaka, said experts.

The rain will create more breeding places for the Aedes mosquitoes that will eventually spread the deadly dengue virus, experts warn, urging the authorities to act now.

The government's approach to dealing with the ongoing dengue outbreak in the country seems rather apathetic.

The crisis has reached a stage where a victim's family now accepts its fate as an unavoidable misfortune

The health directorate has instructed all health officials across the country not to send any dengue patients to Dhaka from outside the capital for treatment

The mosquito-borne disease has so far claimed at least 790 lives this year

Advancements in genetic engineering have led to the development of genetically modified mosquitoes that are resistant to dengue virus infection.

Treatment of seriously ill dengue patients is being affected by an acute shortage of the kit needed to extract platelets from whole blood in a method that requires only a single donor.

We even have our own experts repeatedly giving warnings ahead of the dengue season, and every year, they fall on deaf ears.

With 2,192 new patients admitted to hospitals yesterday, dengue cases hit a record high since its first official outbreak in 2000, crossing the 1,00,000-threshold in eight months this year.

The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.

August witnessed 3,551 dengue cases, more than double the number recorded in July. This indicates that the dengue situation is further deteriorating.

At least 34 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in 24 hours, till 8am today (July 7, 2022).

Authorities will review the deaths of 89 people, amid confusion over the number of fatalities from dengue.