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Cambodia records 74 pct drop in malaria cases in 2024: official

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — Cambodia has reported a 74 percent decrease in malaria cases in 2024, marking significant progress in the fight against the disease, a health official said on Friday.

Huy Rekol, director of the National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, said malaria cases in the Southeast Asian country plummeted by 74 percent from 1,384 cases in 2023 to only 355 cases in 2024