Gaza uninhabitable under Israel's ruthless brutality: UN

The Dhaka Times Desk The UN has declared the besieged Gaza Strip 'uninhabitable' due to Israel's ongoing brutal aggression.

The world body says the extent of the devastation is so great that it will take tens of billions of dollars and decades to make the valley habitable again.

The United Nations 'Conference on Trade and Development' organization or UNCTAD gave this information through the release of a report on Thursday.

UNCTAD came to this conclusion after reviewing the social and economic damage of Israel's genocidal campaign on the besieged Gaza Strip nearly 4 months ago.

According to the report, 85 percent of the residents of Gaza have lost their livelihoods due to the Israeli aggression and the economic activities of the valley have completely collapsed. Due to which the situation of poverty and unemployment in the most densely populated valley in the world has become more dire.

The report also stated that the unemployment rate among working people in Gaza reached 79.3 percent and as of mid-January, 37,379 buildings in the Gaza Strip had been partially or completely destroyed.

According to the UN report, almost half of the total population of the Gaza Strip are children. They have no place to hide their heads.

People have no source of income. Their access to food, water, sanitation, health and education has been completely or partially destroyed.

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How to prevent dengue

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral fever. This fever is different from other viral or bacterial fevers. However, this fever is not contagious in any way. This viral fever can occur alone or in combination with other viruses (chikungunya, yellow fever, Burma forest, flu, respiratory syncytial) and bacteria (pneumococcus).

Dengue fever is divided into two categories depending on the severity of symptoms and fever.

1. Common dengue fever

2. Dengue fever with bleeding.

In the case of common dengue fever, the following symptoms are mainly seen-

1. Sudden high fever lasting 2 to 7 days.

2. Severe headache.

3. Pain behind the eyes.

4. Along with the fever, red rash appears all over the body.

5. Severe pain in whole body as well as back pain.

6. Nausea or vomiting.

7. A rash or red bumps on the skin.

In case of dengue fever with bleeding:

1. Bleeding from nose, mouth or vomiting with high fever within 2 to 48 hours.

2. Fluid accumulation in chest or abdomen along with fever.

If any of these symptoms appear, seek medical attention immediately.

On the other hand

Wait at home for the first 3 days of fever. On the other hand, sponge the whole body with water every now and then. This will reduce the level of fever. Drink enough water and rest. After that, if the fever does not decrease or if it continues to increase after some time, consult a doctor immediately.

Things to do to prevent Dengue:

1. Try to keep the surroundings of the house as clean as possible.

2. If there are flower tubs or broken plastic bottles, can shells, tires or polythene inside the house, clean them quickly and drain the accumulated water from the flower tubs.

3. Spray or fog at least 3 times a week to kill mosquitoes.

4. You can keep mosquito repellent cream with you while going out.

5. After evening, younger and older members of the household should use mosquito nets.

6. Clean up any accumulated rain water, as this is the time when Aedes mosquitoes lay their eggs.

7. On the other hand, you can use mats along with mosquito nets to avoid mosquito infestation.

8. Since Aedes mosquitoes bite during the day, it is important to avoid sleeping with mosquito nets while sleeping during the day. Source: https://dmpnews.org