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A mosquito on a person’s skin.
Twelve malaria-related deaths and over 800 malaria cases have been recorded in Limpopo since April 2025.
Health Department spokesperson Neil Shikwambana says two of the deaths were recorded after last month’s floods.
Shikwambana says that the risk of malaria transmission has significantly increased due to the heavy rain.
Malaria symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, diarrhoea and flu-like symptoms.
Shikwambana has urged residents to take preventive measures and seek early treatment.
“Since the start of the current financial year on the 1st of April 2025 the province has recorded over 830 Malaria cases and 12 fatalities, highlighting the ongoing public health threat caused by malaria. Sadly, two of these malaria fatalities have been reported now after the end of the heavy rain that we have just received as a province. The department is ramping up with Malaria preventative measures such as the redemption of the indoor spring inacceptable communities as well as breeding source reduction to curb mosquito populations.”
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