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

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='A doctor on duty checks the report of dengue patients as they receives treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 15, 2023. Monirul Alam, EPA-EFE ' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/10/02/20231002-dengue-bangladesh-epa.jpg' ><figcaption>A doctor on duty checks the report of dengue patients as they receives treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 15, 2023. <em>Monirul Alam, EPA-EFE </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>DHAKA — More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed, in the country's worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.</p><p>Figures from the country's Directorate General of Health Services published on Sunday night said 1,006 people had died, among more than 200,000 confirmed cases.</p><p>The agency's former director Be-Nazir Ahmed told AFP that the number of deaths so far this year was higher than every previous year combined from 2000, when Bangladesh recorded its first dengue outbreak.</p><p>"It's a massive health event, both in Bangladesh and in the world," he added.</p><p>World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last month the outbreak was "putting huge pressure on the health system" in Bangladesh.</p><p>Dengue is a disease endemic to tropical areas that causes high fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and, in the most serious cases, bleeding that can lead to death.</p><p>The WHO has warned that dengue -- and other diseases caused by mosquito-borne viruses such as chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika -- are spreading faster and further due to climate change.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/15/22/philippines-dengue-cases-top-100000-doh'>Philippines' dengue cases breach 100,000-mark: DOH</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/04/06/23/climate-change-spurring-surge-in-dengue-chikungunya-who'>Climate change spurring surge in dengue, chikungunya: WHO</a></li></ul><p>© Agence France-Presse </p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/ckoVerwyJdg?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>"It's a massive health event, both in Bangladesh and in the world," he added.</p><p>World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last month the outbreak was "putting huge pressure on the health system" in Bangladesh.</p><p>Dengue is a disease endemic to tropical areas that causes high fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting, muscle pain and, in the most serious cases, bleeding that can lead to death.</p><p>The WHO has warned that dengue -- and other diseases caused by mosquito-borne viruses such as chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika -- are spreading faster and further due to climate change.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/15/22/philippines-dengue-cases-top-100000-doh'>Philippines' dengue cases breach 100,000-mark: DOH</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/04/06/23/climate-change-spurring-surge-in-dengue-chikungunya-who'>Climate change spurring surge in dengue, chikungunya: WHO</a></li></ul><p>© Agence France-Presse </p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/ckoVerwyJdg?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>Figures from the country's Directorate General of Health Services published on Sunday night said 1,006 people had died, among more than 200,000 confirmed cases.</p><p>The agency's former director Be-Nazir Ahmed told AFP that the number of deaths so far this year was higher than every previous year combined from 2000, when Bangladesh recorded its first dengue outbreak.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='A doctor on duty checks the report of dengue patients as they receives treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 15, 2023. Monirul Alam, EPA-EFE ' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/10/02/20231002-dengue-bangladesh-epa.jpg' ><figcaption>A doctor on duty checks the report of dengue patients as they receives treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 15, 2023. <em>Monirul Alam, EPA-EFE </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>DHAKA — More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed, in the country's worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.</p>

More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed. 

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