German airport workers die from malaria caught from plane-riding mosquito
Four infected employees being treated in hospital; mosquito traps deployed at Frankfurt hub. Two Frankfurt airport workers have died after contracting malaria from a mosquito believed to have hitched a ride on an incoming flight, according to the city’s health authority.
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- Fact 1: Australia warns H5N1 likely to spread after first mass mortality episode More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stopped Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) points to an imported Anopheles mosquito, likely carried in on an aircraft, as the most likely source of the infection.
- Fact 2: The RKI says the country’s last airport-linked malaria outbreak was in 2023.
Four infected employees being treated in hospital; mosquito traps deployed at Frankfurt hub. Two Frankfurt airport workers have died after contracting malaria from a mosquito believed to have hitched a ride on an incoming flight, according to the city’s health authority.
Airport officials had initially reported one death among six infected employees. The toll rose to two on Wednesday. Australia warns H5N1 likely to spread after first mass mortality episode More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DR Congo How the deadliest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak can be stopped Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) points to an imported Anopheles mosquito, likely carried in on an aircraft, as the most likely source of the infection.
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