Colombia has detected imported malaria cases, resulting in 1 death.

On October 31 local time, the Colombian Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health jointly reported that two Colombian citizens who returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo were confirmed to be infected with malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Among them, a 33-year-old patient has died, and another 50-year-old patient is receiving treatment. The Colombian health authorities have launched an epidemiological investigation, collected samples and carried out laboratory testing to screen for other infectious diseases, including Ebola virus disease. At present, both patients have been confirmed to have malaria, and there are no confirmed reports of Ebola virus disease.