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HPA Reports First Filariasis Case in Hulhumalé Amid Ongoing Resurgence

An expatriate worker in Hulhumalé tested positive for Filariasis, the first case reported outside the initial cluster of infections in Kulhudhuffushi City, bringing the national total to 26 cases. HPA confirmed the patient is undergoing treatment and said screening efforts have been intensified, targeting expatriate workers from endemic areas and local populations near where infected patients frequented.

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  • 2016 year year Filariasis was eliminated in the Maldives Maldives Republic Filariasis, a disease eliminated in the Maldives in 2016, is transmitted through Culex mosquitoes, which breed in stagnant water.

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