An unusual cluster of malaria cases at Frankfurt Airport infected six employees, two fatally. Mosquitos brought in on an aircraft are thought to have caused the infections.
An unusual cluster of malaria cases at Frankfurt Airport infected six employees, one fatally. It is thought to have been caused by a mosquito brought in on an aircraft.
A worker at Germany's Frankfurt Airport has died after contracting malaria from a mosquito thought to have arrived on a plane, an airport spokesman said Wednesday.
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Two workers at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport have died after contracting malaria believed to have been spread by a mosquito brought into the country via an aircraft. A total of six employees became infected with what is known as airport malaria, Fraport, the company that o…
Mosquito traps are set up at Germany’s biggest airport and doctors are asked to look out for symptoms of disease German health officials are seeking to reassure the public after two workers at the country’s biggest airport died of malaria.
Two employees at Frankfurt Airport in Germany died after six workers contracted airport malaria, prompting mosquito traps and genetic analysis of captured insects.
2 workers at Germany’s busiest airport die of malaria after mosquitoes arrive on plane | 27 Aug 2026 | Two workers at Germany’s busiest airport have died of malaria amid an outbreak in the travel hub believed to be caused by mosquitoes that arrived on a plane.
