Two Frankfurt Airport workers die from malaria

FRANKFURT — Two workers at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport have died after contracting malaria in an unusual outbreak believed to have been caused by an infected mosquito transported into the country aboard an aircraft. Fraport, the company that operates Frankfurt Airport, said six employees had contracted what is known as

Cumulatively, six people have been infected with malaria in connection with the airport.

Officials said an imported Anopheles mosquito carried over by an aircraft was the likely cause

August 27, 2026 9:05 PM ET Mosquitoes carried into Germany from a malaria region have killed two workers at the country’s busiest airport.Six Frankfurt Airport employees caught malaria on the job, according to German outlet Hessischer Rundfunk. The first of the two victims died in early July. The second death came in A

Six employees at Frankfurt Airport were infected this summer, according to German health officials and the airport’s operator. Four recovered.

The infected mosquitoes are believed to have arrived on an aircraft before biting workers at the airport with six employees at Germany's busiest airport contracting the disease, and two tragically dying

Two Frankfurt Airport workers have died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes.

An unusual cluster of malaria cases at Frankfurt Airport infected six employees, two fatally. Mosquitos brought in on an aircraft are thought to have caused the infections.

Four infected employees being treated in hospital; mosquito traps deployed at Frankfurt hub.

Two workers at Frankfurt Airport have died from malaria after being infected by mosquitoes believed to have arrived in Germany on aircraft from malaria-endemic regions, airport operator Fraport and city health authorities said on Wednesday. The first death occurred in early July, the Frankfurt city health authority sai

It's believed the infected mosquito arrived on a plane before biting the six airport workers.

It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany's busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials.

Four other infected employees are being treated in hospital.

Six employees in total were infected – five survivors are receiving medical care

According to the RKI, Germany’s last outbreak of airport-based malaria was in 2023. The rarity of the condition means diagnosis can be delayed, increasing the chances of severe symptoms.

Luis Robayo / AFP via Getty Images An airport worker has died from a disease brought in on an inbound flight. Six employees at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport contracted malaria from mosquitoes thought to have arrived by plane last month, with the surviving five currently undergoing medical treatment. “Sadly, we must confi

The cause of the infections is believed to be a mosquito that travelled by plane from a malaria-endemic area to Germany, likely in July.