Climate Change Fuels Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh

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Rising temperatures and a longer monsoon in Bangladesh due to climate change are creating favorable conditions for the spread of dengue fever. The country is currently experiencing its worst-ever outbreak of the disease, with a death toll of 1,476 and 291,832 infected as of November 12, 2023. Hospitals are struggling to handle the increasing number of patients in the densely populated country. This year's death toll is more than five times higher than that of 2022 and the highest since records began in 2000.

Rising temperatures and a longer monsoon in Bangladesh due to climate change are creating favorable conditions for the spread of dengue fever. The country is currently experiencing its worst-ever outbreak of the disease, with a death toll of 1,476 and 291,832 infected as of November 12, 2023. Hospitals are struggling to handle the increasing number of patients in the densely populated country.

This year's death toll is more than five times higher than that of 2022 and the highest since records began in 2000

 

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