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Travellers planning trips to and from high-risk malaria areas are being urged to take precautionary measures to prevent possible infections.

According to the department, most of the deaths from the disease recorded from January to September 2023 were travellers from malaria-endemic regions within the Southern African Development Community.

The Limpopo health department has cautioned its residents to take precautions amid a malaria outbreak that has already claimed the lives of two people in the province.

Bacteria: Malaria is a potentially fatal infectious disease caused by parasites spread through the bite of infected mosquitos. According to the World Health Organisations most recent World Malaria Report, a projected 619,000 persons worldwide died from malaria in 2021, with 76 per cent of those deaths occurring in children aged 5 and under.

The last five 'akikiki birds in the wild are at risk of extinction because non-native mosquitoes brought Malaria to Hawaii's island of Kaua'i. Read more here.