Typhoid cases in Bangladesh on rise amid Covid-19, dengue

  • Contagious fever typhoid is taking a serious toll on public health in Bangladesh as the authorities reported 32,276 cases in six months including 5,591 in October alone.
  • Microbiologist and Child Health Research Foundation executive director Samir K Saha said that during the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, the cases of typhoid declined significantly, but now they were rising gradually.
  • CHRF’s surveillance report on Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute stated that the number of typhoid patients more than doubled in the hospital compared with the past year.