{"id":521023,"date":"2026-08-26T23:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/frankfurt-airport-malaria-outbreak\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:52:31","slug":"airport-worker-dies-of-malaria-after-mosquito-arrives-on-flight-5-others-infected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=521023","title":{"rendered":"Airport Worker Dies Of Malaria After Mosquito Arrives On Flight: 5 Others Infected"},"content":{"rendered":"

An employee at Frankfurt Airport<\/a><\/span> (FRA) in Germany has sadly died after contracting Malaria amid a wider outbreak of the disease at the facility. The infectious disease is known for being transmitted by mosquito bites, with the offending animals thought to have arrived in Germany by plane. The outbreak was first reported last month, and, at the time, it was thought that four employees had been affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four employees were initially reported to have contracted the disease, with this figure later rising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,475,120,4209,872,82,8045],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airports","category-europe","category-frankfurt","category-frankfurt-airport","category-germany","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t