Combating dengue menace

Dengue has taken a serious turn in Bangladesh. Two more dengue patients died on Monday, raising this year's death toll from this mosquito-borne disease to 36. The viral fever cases are also on the rise. More than 300 people are being hospitalised every day in the capital city with the disease caused by the bite of Aedes mosquito. The number of patients hospitalised with the disease this year has increased to 5,231, with more than 3,000 of them admitted this month, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. What is more worrying is that health experts have warned that the country may see even a worse outbreak of dengue this year as the presence of this virus carrying mosquitoes have increased in the early days of summer. And dengue cases may increase alarmingly from the current month in and outside of Dhaka city.
The responsibility of mosquito control in Dhaka city relies on the two city corporations. They do the routine work for controlling mosquitoes. However, their efforts of eradicating mosquito's breeding grounds do not seem to have worked at all. And the dengue outbreak has become a seasonal epidemic for us. Every year, it claims dozens of lives. But the authorities concerned have not yet been able to find a way to contain it. It is high time they looked for an effective measure to tackle dengue. We also request the authorities to regularly launch anti-dengue awareness campaigns in schools and colleges. If everyone takes part in the dengue prevention campaigns to keep their living spaces clean, remove standing water, and dump the discarded and damaged containers, then it is possible to minimize the severity of this deadly dengue outbreak.

Badsha Faysal,
Jurain, Dhaka,
badshafaysal1998@gmail.com