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August
10, 2000
Khulna,
Aug 9 (UNB) – Eleven people have been affected by dengue fever in
the city and its surrounding areas.
Of
the victims, six were rushed to the government hospital and five
others to private clinics. None, however, died of the disease, said
Civil Surgeon.
Sources
said panic gripped the local people following the outbreak of the
deadly dengue fever in the district.
Four
dengue-affected people were admitted to the district General Hospital
last month who were released after treatment.
On
Saturday, two dengue patients- Bulbul, 30, of Betakhola village in
Terokhada upazila and Mahmud Hassan, an Imam of a mosque, of
Mohishakhuli village in Rupsha upazila – were also admitted to the
General Hospital.
Another
five dengue patients who are undergoing treatment at private clinics
have fallen victims to the disease after coming here from Dhaka.
Meanwhile
Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has opened a control room in its health
department. KCC has also decided to check up and spray inside the
buses and other vehicles arriving here from Dhaka.
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