The Directorate General of Health Services has already warned the authorities concerned about the possibility of an increase in spread of dengue this year
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Dhaka, Bangladesh – A sharp spike in dengue cases is straining Bangladesh’s fragile healthcare system, which is already battered by a worsening coronavirus crisis in the country.
Just this month, 1,920 people were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease till Friday, marking a more than 600 percent jump in cases from June when 272 cases were reported.
According to the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), a total of 2,292 patients have been diagnosed with dengue this year, including at least three deaths.
A children’s hospital in Dhaka saw an increase in number of dengue cases in past few weeks [Mahmud Hossain Opu/Al Jazeera]
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