Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Bangladesh Considers Dengue Vaccine Trials After 281 Deaths
Bangladesh is dealing with a serious outbreak of dengue, an illness spread by mosquitoes.
More than 90,350 people have been hospitalized this year, and 281 have died.
The outbreak has also been severe in October.
A health minister says the country is considering testing a dengue vaccine.
All four types of the virus have been found in Bangladesh.
Getting immunity to one type does not protect a person from the other three.
Recent rain has helped create places where mosquitoes can breed.
Experts say spraying is not enough unless breeding sites are also removed.
Any vaccine trial would need regulatory approval.
Bangladesh is considering clinical trials of a dengue vaccine, State Minister for Health M.A. Muhit said.
Since the start of the year, more than 90,350 people have been hospitalized and 281 have died from dengue.
In October alone, 10,736 people were hospitalized and 36 died.
All four dengue virus variants have been detected in Bangladesh; immunity to one does not protect against the other three.
Experts say dengue has spread beyond major cities and that spraying alone will not stop transmission without removing mosquito breeding sites.
- Who
- Bangladesh and State Minister for Health M.A. Muhit.
- What
- The government is considering clinical trials of a dengue vaccine amid a major outbreak.
- When
- The outbreak figures cover the period from the beginning of the year; Muhit made the statement on Tuesday.
- Where
- Bangladesh.
- Why
- All four dengue virus variants have been detected, and immunity to one variant does not protect against the others.
- Hospitalizations this year
- More than 90,350
- Dengue deaths this year
- 281
- October hospitalizations
- 10,736
- October deaths
- 36
- Dengue variants detected
- All four
- Previous record outbreak
- More than 1,700 people died in 2023, Bangladesh's deadliest dengue outbreak on record.
- Trial requirement
- A vaccine trial would require regulatory approval.