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DHAKA--- Hundreds of children are among 5,500 reported cases so far this year in Bangladesh. With dengue taking an alarming turn in Dhaka, Selina Begum did her best to protect her family members from the viral disease. The mother of two applied sprays, useDengue taking its toll on kids in Bangladesh
DHAKA--- Hundreds of children are among 5,500 reported cases so far this year in Bangladesh. With dengue taking an alarming turn in Dhaka, Selina Begum did her best to protect her family members from the viral disease. The mother of two applied sprays, used mosquito nets even during daytime, kept all her rooms clean and destroyed all the potential breeding sources at her home. But still her son Tahsin Ibn Hasan, six and a half, got dengue fever. He was admitted to a city hospital on Wednesday. «I was on alert. I was careful. Yet my son has dengue,» a distressed Selina, a housewife, told this correspondent at the hospital yesterday. She suspects her boy was bitten by mosquitoes tha...Keep on reading: Dengue taking its toll on kids in Bangladesh Read more











