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Two people dead, four others sickened with mosquito-borne virus after insect is transported by airplane

Daily Mail Health · 28 August 2026 at 16:58

Two people dead, four others sickened with mosquito-borne virus after insect is transported by airplane

Six airport workers contracted the mosquito-borne infection in early July, most likely after a mosquito traveled on an airplane, the airport's operator, Fraport, said this week.

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Two people dead, four others sickened with mosquito-borne virus after insect is transported by airplane

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