📸 Malaria around Frankfurt Airport;

How serious is the risk?

8 people are sick and 3 people died

Eight people have contracted malaria around Frankfurt Airport since July, and three have died. Health authorities believe that infected mosquitoes entered Germany with the luggage or clothing of travelers from malaria-prone areas; A rare phenomenon known as "airport malaria".

Most of the infected were airport workers. Sudden and severe fever, chills, headaches and body aches are the initial symptoms of the disease, and health authorities ask people who live or work near the airport to contact a doctor immediately if these symptoms appear.

Experts emphasize that despite the recent cases, airport malaria is still a very rare phenomenon in Germany.