Bangladesh dengue deaths cross 1,000 in worst outbreak on record

According to official figures, dengue fever has claimed the lives of over 1,000 individuals in Bangladesh this year, almost four times as many as it did during the whole previous year. This is the largest mosquito-borne illness outbreak the nation has seen since the first reported pandemic in 2000, with at least 1,017 fatalities and close to 209,000 infections in the first nine months of 2023. Eleven children under the age of15, including babies, are among the deceased.  The illness is spreading quickly throughout Bangladesh, a heavily populated South Asian nation, and hospitals are finding it difficult to accommodate new patients. Tropical regions are home to the endemic disease dengue, which can cause severe fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscular pains, and, in the worst instances, potentially fatal hemorrhaging.