"The number of cases decreases by 6.5% despite increased malaria-borne mosquitoes"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the number of malaria-carrying mosquitoes has increased this year, but the number of cases has fallen by 6.5%.

The number of malaria patients in Korea was 690 as of the 9th, down 48 from 738 in the same period last year.The number of

malaria cases jumped from 294 in 2021 and 420 in 2022 to 747 last year before declining slightly this year.

Malaria is caught when bitten by a female spot-winged mosquito infected with the protozoan, and is spread by sucking the patient's blood as the infected malaria-borne mosquito bites another person.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained that it is thanks to the strengthening of management of malaria-producing areas such as Gyeonggi, Incheon, and Gangwon in accordance with the second malaria re-emergence implementation plan.