TEXAS: There has been a wave of concern among health experts and they issued instructions to take precautionary measures across the country after 5 cases were reported at the local level in the United States.
About 2,000 malaria cases are reported annually in the United States, but malaria is diagnosed in people coming to the United States from other countries.
In the US, people usually get malaria from countries where malaria cases are common, but now, for the first time in two decades, malaria cases have been reported locally.
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After the diagnosis of malaria among local people in the American states of Florida and Texas, the health department issued a warning and instructed the authorities and doctors to make more strict arrangements.
The report said that during the last two months, 4 cases of malaria have been reported in Florida, while one in Texas, which worries experts.
The first local cases of malaria in the US since 2003 have been reported, and those affected have recovered after treatment, but there has been a wave of concern across the US.
Health experts said that due to climate change and warmer weather, the type of mosquitoes that cause malaria is likely to spread in the United States.
