Officials urge calm after malaria outbreak kills two staff at Frankfurt airport
Summary
Two workers at Frankfurt airport in Germany have died from malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes. Health officials are investigating how the workers caught the illness and have put mosquito traps in place to prevent more infections.Key Facts
- Two airport workers died after catching malaria tropica, the most dangerous type of malaria.
- Since last month, six people connected to the airport work have been infected; four have recovered after hospital treatment.
- Mosquito traps are set up at Frankfurt airport and captured mosquitoes are being tested.
- The malaria is believed to have spread by Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes that arrived on planes from malaria-affected regions.
- Malaria is not spread from person to person in this situation, only through infected mosquitoes.
- Letters have been sent to airport workers to inform them about malaria symptoms and encourage them to be alert.
- Germany’s last airport malaria outbreak was at Frankfurt in 2023, with one infected person who recovered.
- Most malaria cases worldwide come from sub-Saharan Africa, and some countries there have direct flights to Frankfurt.
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