Since the beginning of the year, ten cases of malaria infection have been registered in St. Petersburg

Since the beginning of 2024, ten cases of malaria infection have already been registered in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the press service of the city health committee.

April 25 is World Malaria Day. Over the past ten years, the Infectious Diseases Hospital named after. Botkin hospitalized 165 patients with malaria, three cases were fatal in 2016, 2019 and 2024. In 2020, eight patients were treated for the disease at the institution, in 2021 – 13, in 2022 – 11, in 2023 – 18.

St. Petersburg residents were warned that if their health worsens and they contact a doctor, they should be warned about visiting a malaria-prone region. There are cases when the incubation period for the development of the disease reaches three years.

In 2024, the disease claimed the life of a woman. She arrived in Russia on December 22, and on New Year’s Eve she complained of feeling very bad. In the morning, the sick woman called the doctor, but warned him that she was in Africa for work.

Before the trip, she was vaccinated against yellow fever; she also received recommendations for the prevention of malaria and a list of drugs that were not sold in the Northern capital. She did not use the ointment only once and on the same day she noticed two small mosquito bites.

Earlier, 78.ru wrote that an infectious disease doctor told how to detect and treat malaria.