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View all search resultsThe six provinces in the country’s easternmost region account for 90 percent of the national caseload, whereas nearly 80 percent of all regencies and cities across the country have been declared malaria-free.
The case, the first in the country since May 2023, was reported in a cattle farm in the southwestern Jeollanam-do province, the ministry said in a statement, adding that about 180 cattle in the farm would be culled.
"Due to limited access to laboratory testing in remote areas, only about 40 percent of all suspected cases have been tested in 2024 [up from nine percent in 2023], and among these, around 55 percent tested positive," the WHO says.