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A feeding female 'Anopheles sinensis' mosquito on a human hand. Picture: CDC/James Gathany.

Cure for malaria

Zimbabwe issues alert for increased malaria cases

By Eyewitness News

The spike is being linked to stagnant pools of water left in the wake of Cyclone Idai, which killed at least 344 people in Zimbabwe.

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