Anthu a 1,000, makamaka ana, apezeka ndi matenda a dengue m'maola 24 apitawo pakuphulika kwakukulu Bangladesh.

Oimira boma akuti anthu asanu ndi atatu amwalira chifukwa cha matendawa kuyambira Januware, ngakhale atolankhani akumaloko akuti anthu opitilira 35, pomwe odwala pafupifupi 13,000 apezeka ndi matendawa chaka chino. Pakhala milandu 8,343 mu Julayi mokha.

Chiwerengerochi ndi kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kuchokera ku 1,820 mu Juni ndi 184 mu Meyi. Likulu, Dhaka, kwawo kwa anthu opitilira 20 miliyoni, ndilo dera lomwe lakhudzidwa kwambiri mdzikolo. Mzipatala zikusefukira ndipo malo ochezera a pa Intaneti amadzaza ndi kuchonderera opereka magazi.

"Nambala iyi ndiyokwera kwambiri kuyambira pomwe tidayamba kulemba za odwala dengue pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri zapitazo," mkulu wa Unduna wa Zaumoyo Ayesha Akter adati.

Matenda omwe amayambitsidwa ndi udzudzu amachititsa zizindikiro ngati chimfine kuphatikizapo kutentha thupi, kupweteka kwa minofu ndi mafupa, kupweteka mutu, ndi kutupa thupi lonse. Ngati sanalandire chithandizo, amatha kukhala nthenda yoopsa yotulutsa magazi, ndipo palibe katemera kapena mankhwala enieni ochizira matendawa pakadali pano.

Bungwe Loona za Umoyo Padziko Lonse (WHO) likuyerekeza kuti mwa mamiliyoni omwe amatenga matendawa tsiku lililonse, anthu 12,500 amamwalira, pomwe ena 500,000 amafunikira kuchipatala. Gawo Loyang'anira Matenda ku Bangladeshi lapempha mwalamulo thandizo kuchokera ku WHO kuti athetse ndikuwongolera udzudzu mdzikolo pofuna kuthana ndi kuchuluka kwa matenda.

Philippines ikulimbananso ndi mliri waukulu wa dengue fever pambuyo pa kukwera kwaposachedwa kwa 85% pachaka.

Pali nkhawa zomwe zikukula kuti kuwonjezeka kwa kutentha kwapadziko lonse chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo kumatha kulola udzudzu waakazi wa aedes aegypti womwe umatenga kachilombo ka dengue kuti uchoke kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia ndikupita kumayiko ngati US, inland Australia ndi madera agombe la Japan ndi China.

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Pali nkhawa zomwe zikukula kuti kuwonjezeka kwa kutentha kwapadziko lonse chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo kumatha kulola udzudzu waakazi wa aedes aegypti womwe umatenga kachilombo ka dengue kuti uchoke kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia ndikupita kumayiko ngati US, inland Australia ndi madera agombe la Japan ndi China.
Official figures state that eight people have died as a result of infection since January, though local media puts the death toll as high as 35, while around 13,000 patients have been diagnosed with the disease so far this year.
The Bangladeshi Disease Control Division has officially requested help from the WHO to cull and control the country's mosquito population in an effort to stem the rising tide of infection.