A case of malaria was confirmed, in Bucharest, the person being a 69 -year -old man, of whom the Ministry of Health says that “he has not traveled abroad.” Currently, the patient is admitted to the Victor Babeș Infectious Diseases Hospital.
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“The Directorate of Public Health of the Municipality of Bucharest was informed by the Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases” Dr. Victor Babeș “about confirmation, by laboratory analyzes, a malaria case.
The patient, a 69 -year -old man, residing in Bucharest, is in a stable condition and follows a specific drug treatment. According to the information, he did not recently travel abroad.
The Directorate of Public Health of the Municipality of Bucharest carries out an epidemiological investigation, according to the specific methodology
Since the beginning of the year, 21 cases of malaria have been reported in Romania, all with travel history in endemic malaria countries ”, transmits the Ministry of Health.
At the end of last year, the head of the World Health Organization warned that the climatic changes that will take place are, fundamentally, a topical sanitary crisis.
The transmission of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and cholera will be accelerated by the intensification of extreme meteorological phenomena, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, referring to diseases considered eradicated in many areas of the world.
“At this moment, it is not made enough to take measures to mitigate and adapt in order to protect and ensure the health of the world’s population. Although the climatic crisis has multiple facets, from the point of view of the WHO, this is essentially a sanitary crisis. It is one of the biggest challenges in terms of health that humanity is currently facing ”, said WHO director.
