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.