Venezuela malaria update: 200,000 cases, 75 percent in Bolivar State

In a follow-up on the malaria epidemic in Venezuela this year, according to a statement from the Venezuelan Society of Public Health Network, the local transmission case tally has grown to 200,000 through Nov. 5. "In the first 44 weeks of the year, 199,902 new indigenous malaria cases were reported throughout Venezuela, representing an 73.4 percent increase ["]

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