Safety Flash
Malaria hasn’t gone away
Malaria hasn’t gone away
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 12/21
- Occupational Health
- Occupational health
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Summary
A worker returning from a malaria-risk country was admitted to intensive care with confirmed malaria after initially suspecting COVID-19. The flash outlines symptoms, mosquito-bite prevention and chemoprophylaxis, noting its incomplete effectiveness. It emphasises urgent medical assessment for flu-like symptoms following travel to malaria-risk countries.
Classifications: Occupational health; worker health.
Summary
A Member reports that in February 2021 one of their personnel had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of their local hospital, with confirmed malaria
IMCA SF 12/21. Themes: occupational health.