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Bangladesh witnesses highest ever yearly dengue deaths
In Bangladesh, with 10 more dengue deaths, the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease reached 283, the highest in 23 years. Last year dengue claimed 281 lives, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). DGHS director Professor Md Shahadat Hossain said that 54 per cent ...