China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight

The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease annually in the 1940s but has now gone four consecutive years without an indigenous case. "We congratulate the people of China on ridding the country of malaria," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight
China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight The country reported 30 million cases of the infectious disease annually in the 1940s but has now gone four consecutive years without an indigenous case. "We congratulate the people of China on ridding the country of malaria," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.