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Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'
- Two Frankfurt Airport workers have died and six employees were infected in a rare malaria outbreak thought to be caused by mosquitoes brought in on a plane.
- Traps have been set and captured mosquitoes will be analysed as health officials investigate; staff have been urged to seek medical advice if symptomatic.
- Officials say the public risk is very low—malaria in Germany is usually travel-related and transmission is mosquito-only; the last airport case was in 2023.
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