Mosquitoes Don’t Transmit Coronavirus – WHO
March 26, 2020
9:44 am
The World Health Organisation has said the novel coronavirus which has infected over 400,000 people and killed over 18,000 in 196 countries cannot be transmitted through mosquito bites.
In 2018, WHO reported that there were an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide with over 405, 000 deaths.
It commented that of the global malaria burden, “Africa carries a disproportionately high share as the region is home to 93% of malaria cases and 94% of malaria deaths”.
However, in a list of COVID-19 myth busters released recently, the UN specialized agency for global health stressed that mosquitoes, which spread plasmodium …
