Malaria is a serious, potentially fatal disease caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus, transmitted by the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, which are very common in coastal areas.

The most frequent symptoms of the disease include fever, chills, headache, and sweating, and can range from mild to severe, even causing death if left untreated.

Doctors in the health system, who requested anonymity, indicated that a large number of cases have been detected at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in San Miguel, located in the eastern part of the country, 133 kilometers from the capital.

However, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) has not confirmed the presence of the disease or the established protocols for its treatment. Sources close to the situation stated that the carriers of the disease could be Salvadoran workers from private security companies who recently returned from the Congo, Africa, one of the regions with the highest incidence of this disease worldwide.

Specialists indicate that the falciparum variant of malaria is the most dangerous, capable of causing severe illness, multi-organ damage, and even death if not treated promptly.

For his part, the general secretary of the Union of Medical Workers of the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (SIMETRISSS), Rafael Aguirre, declared that if malaria is confirmed, protocols must be activated to prevent the disease from spreading to other areas of the country.

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