Dengue kills 9 more lives, infection crosses one lakh

Staff Reporter :
The life-threatening disease ‘Dengue’ is continuing its havoc across the country, killing nine more innocent lives in the last 24 hours ended on Monday morning.

According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death toll has now reached 485 as of August 21. Over the last day, 2,197 patients were admitted to various hospitals across the country.

The total count of individuals afflicted by the Dengue virus, as of now, has surpassed one hundred thousand.

Additionally, there are numerous unreported cases where individuals are seeking treatment at home, making it difficult to accurately ascertain the actual figures of infections and fatalities.

Amid the rising numbers, hospitals are grappling to accommodate the influx of Dengue patients.

Many attribute the situation to the inadequate infrastructure and containment methods employed by city corporations and municipalities.

These entities have been criticised for their short-term approaches, failing to yield desired outcomes on an annual basis.

Experts have pointed out the lack of a unified national body that can collaborate with various stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations, to effectively combat the epidemic proportions that Dengue has assumed across the nation.

Given that dengue is not confined to specific areas, but rather has infiltrated both urban and rural regions, the government should prioritise comprehensive measures to curtail its spread.

Visiting different parts of the capital, it was found that the breeding grounds of the dengue mosquitoes are everywhere.

Stagnant water and haphazard dumping of are posing substantial threats to the breeding of the mosquitoes and the spreading of other diseases.

People said that the concerned government bodies cannot evade the responsibilities as hundreds and thousands of money is being spent for preventing dengue, but the number of infection and death toll are not decreasing.