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COVID disruptions led to 63,000 more malaria deaths: WHO

Bed nets can protect people from being bitten by the mosquitoes that spread malaria [File: Katy Migiro/Reuters]

The coronavirus pandemic has interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13 million more infections globally over two years, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Cases of the parasitic disease went up in 2020 and continued to climb in 2021, though at a slower pace, the United Nations health agency said in its World Malaria Report 2022, released on Thursday.

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