A case of malaria that was “locally acquired” has been verified in the Washington, District of Columbia region, according to the health officials in Maryland.
According to the information provided by the Maryland Department of Health, the suspected case of malaria was investigated and reported. It was said there that the individual has not been to any other nations or other states within the United States in recent times.
According to Laura Herrera Scott, who serves as the secretary of the state’s Department of Health, the state of Maryland has not had a locally acquired case of malaria in more than four decades.
Although malaria was previously common throughout the United States, including in Maryland, the state has not reported a case of the illness in its native population in well over four decades. This was one of the observations that Scott made. We are looking into this subject with the assistance of state and federal officials that oversee health regulations, and we are taking the situation very seriously.