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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Health
Faisal Mahmud

More than 170 dead as Bangladesh grapples with dengue ‘epidemic’

Doctors in Bangladesh say the hospitals are swamped with dengue patients [Nazmul Islam/Al Jazeera]

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh is grappling with a deadly dengue outbreak as heavy monsoon rains in the country cause widespread infections and fill hospitals.

Health experts in the South Asian nation of 170 million people say the disease has already reached an “epidemic” proportion, even though the government has not officially declared one.

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