The latest wave of Covid-19 infection in South Asian countries has been completed by a surge with dengue fever, a transmitted virus of mosquitoes.
Rising cases of dengue fever adds to the burden of the hospital that has been overwhelmed.
Sri Lanka has reported more than 17,000 cases this year, including 3,300 in July.
Bangladesh has recorded around 4,500 inpatient cases for dengue fever this year, almost half in July.
“The health system has been burdened by Covid-19 patients,” Dr.
HIMALI HERATH, a consultant doctor in the Sri Lanka National Dengue Control Unit.
“Caring for dengue fever patients is labor intensive.
Because it will be very difficult.” WHO estimates that there are hundreds of millions of dengue infections every year, and nearly two twotirds occur in Asia.
There is no special treatment for viruses, and severe cases can cause death if it is not detected early and if the patient does not receive adequate medical treatment.
“Because of the heavy flow of Covid-19 patients, we turned bloody fever patients to another hospital,” Brig said.
The incidence of Nazmul Haque, Director of Medical College Dhaka Hospital in Bangladesh.
“We only treat patients infected with Covid and dengue fever.” Dengue fever outbreaks also remain endemic in Nepal and Pakistan.
In Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, officials said the main hospital processed with bloody fever patients in previous years had turned into a Covid hospital.
The government lab where all the suspected dengue cases will usually be called for testing have also been overwhelmed with the Coronavirus test, they said.