Third person dies from malaria in cluster near Germany’s Frankfurt Airport
- Frankfurt grapples with a rare malaria outbreak tied to air travel, marking three deaths in recent months.
- A third person has died from malaria after a recent cluster of cases linked to Frankfurt Airport, in what German officials have described as an extremely rare air-traffic-related outbreak of the tropical disease.
- In a statement on Thursday, city administration said the person died at Frankfurt hospital and was one of two infected residents living in the Schwanheim district, in the immediate vicinity of the airport.
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- Frankfurt grapples with a rare malaria outbreak tied to air travel, marking three deaths in recent months.
- A third person has died from malaria after a recent cluster of cases linked to Frankfurt Airport, in what German officials have described as an extremely rare air-traffic-related outbreak of the tropical disease.
- In a statement on Thursday, city administration said the person died at Frankfurt hospital and was one of two infected residents living in the Schwanheim district, in the immediate vicinity of the airport.
Sources: Al Jazeera