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Frankfurt Airport malaria cluster 2026
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2 DAYS
18 FACTS
2 EVENTS
2 SOURCES
FIRST ENTRY SEP 17
SEP 18 · Day 2
Third person dies from 'airport malaria' after mosquito trapped on plane to Germany
Neither the third person nor the airport worker had traveled to a malaria-endemic region.
Three people have died from malaria after a mosquito was transported aboard a flight to Germany.
In July, airport officials set traps around the property to contain the malaria outbreak.
SEP 17 · Day 1
Third person dies from malaria cluster near Frankfurt Airport
A third person has died from malaria after a cluster of cases linked to Frankfurt Airport.
Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport set up traps to catch mosquitoes and sent the insects to a laboratory in Antwerp in Belgium in July and August.
The third person who died was one of two infected residents living in the Schwanheim district.