# Officials urge calm after malaria outbreak kills two Frankfurt airport staff

https://mins.news/en/item/34576

- The Guardian, 2026-08-27 15:23 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/malaria-outbreak-kills-two-staff-at-frankfurt-airport-germany

> German health officials are reassuring the public after six people linked to work at Frankfurt airport contracted malaria tropica, with two deaths. Mosquito traps and monitoring are under way while investigators examine whether an imported Anopheles stephensi mosquito caused the outbreak. Officials say human-to-human transmission is impossible and the public risk is low.

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