America News: For the first time in 20 years, there was a local malaria case in America, there was a stir … Health agency alert

Washington: These days there is a stir in the health agency in America. The reason is the coming of 5 malaria cases in the last two months. America’s top health agency has issued an alert to public health officials about the emergence of locally reported malaria cases. According to American media reports, this is the first case of local outbreak of malaria in America in the last two decades. US health officials have expressed concern over recent reports of locally reported malaria cases in Texas and Florida.

Suspicion of malaria parasite inside the country
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), such conditions have not been seen in Florida’s Palm Beach County since 2003. This is very worrying because it is indicating that mosquitoes are spreading malaria parasite within America. Earlier, cases of malaria in the country were usually associated with people who had traveled to countries where malaria outbreaks still exist. Before the Kovid-19 epidemic, there were about 2000 malaria cases in the US every year, which were mainly related to travel.

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Most malaria in Africa
Globally, millions of cases related to malaria are reported every year, of which 95 percent are from Africa. However, due to the climate crisis and rising temperatures, experts have warned that malaria may become common in America in the coming times.

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Monitoring is being done in Florida
Now public health officials in Florida are monitoring the affected areas. Along with this, they are also engaged in identifying the source of additional cases. Along with this, efforts are being made to control the population of mosquitoes. At the same time, American officials are also monitoring the situation in the state of Texas and are also paying attention to the mosquito population at the local level. Given the recent cases, the CDC has reassured that the risk of malaria in the US is extremely low. Although it is summer and it is the season of travel, in such a situation more cases coming from outside can come to the fore.
(with inputs from the agency)

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