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The health ministry on Tuesday received a fresh consignment of anti-dengue emergency supplies, including testing kits, from the Chinese embassy in Dhaka.
The Chinese ambassador Yao Wen to Bangladesh handed over the supplies to Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque in a ceremony at the secretariat.
Health Services Division Secretary Md Jahangir Alam, Directorate General of Health Services Director General Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam and officials of the Embassy of China in Dhaka were present in the ceremony, said a media release.
The supplies came amid a growing demand for anti-dengue emergencies like testing kits as the viral fever has spread across the country at its worst since 2000.
Therefore, Bangladesh urgently requires additional medical equipment, MSR and logistics to combat the dengue situation.
The Chinese embassy delivered the supplies upon the request made by the government.
The Chinese ambassador handed over a portion of the abovementioned medical equipment and MSR to the minister as grant support. Some remaining supplies will land in Bangladesh soon, it added.
Meanwhile, the health authorities on Tuesday reported eight additional deaths due to mosquito-borne dengue fever, taking the total fatalities to 1,425 this year.
Of the new fatalities, 3 were from outside Dhaka and 5 were from Dhaka. Of the total deaths, 844 were from Dhaka, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Meanwhile, 1,895 more people were admitted to hospitals in the past 24 hours until Tuesday morning at 8:00 am, including 394 from Dhaka, said DGHS in its daily update.
The total dengue cases this year rose to 283,593. Of the total, 101,961 were from Dhaka, according to DGHS daily update.
The fatalities and cases of hospitalisation due to the deadly mosquito-borne disease are highest in the last 23 years in the country.
A total of 6,555 people were being treated across the country in hospitals. Of them, 1,722 were from Dhaka.
Of the total admitted, 275,613 patients made recovery and returned home, including 99,395 from Dhaka with a 97 per cent recovery rate on average.
Last year, 281 people died due to dengue, the second highest in the history of the country.