Malaria

Is malaria worse than usual anywhere?

At or below its usual in every country that reports it.

Malaria is a serious illness caused by a tiny parasite carried by some mosquitoes. It can be prevented and cured.

Signs: Fever, chills and headache, usually 10 to 15 days after the bite. At first it can look like many other fevers.
How it spreads: Through the bite of an infected mosquito. It does not pass from person to person in everyday life.
How to protect yourself: Sleep under insecticide-treated nets, spray homes, use repellent, and cover up. Malaria vaccines protect young children in some areas. Travellers can take preventive medicine.
Get medical help: Get tested quickly for any fever where malaria is found. Go to emergency care for extreme tiredness, confusion, fits, hard breathing, dark pee, yellow skin or unusual bleeding.

In Dooram's words, from the World Health Organization. Source: WHO fact sheet: Malaria, read 8 October 2026. General information, not medical advice.

14 districts are above usual.

Each district against itself. A large district always has more cases than a small one, so each is compared only with its own usual.

Sources. Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad, weekly report.