Airport worker dies of malaria after 'mosquito gets trapped on plane'
An airport worker has died after contracting malaria from a mosquito believed to have arrived on a plane, with five others in hospital.
TL;DR
- One airport worker died from malaria, and five others were hospitalized.
- The infections are believed to be caused by a mosquito that arrived on a plane at Frankfurt Airport.
- This rare phenomenon is known as 'airport malaria'.
- Traps have been installed around the airport to catch the mosquito and identify the source.
- The risk to the general population of Frankfurt is considered very low.
- Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes and not from person to person.