In Karen State’s Lay Kay Kaw to Wallay regions, malaria has been brought back under control, information officer of the Cobra operation confirmed.
Early last May, members of the joint forces in service including the local residents from Lay Kay Kaw to Wallay regions suffered from seasonal flu in addition to malaria, and it got worse in the second week of May.
“From Lay Kay Kaw region to Wallay, comrades of the joint forces including the locals suffered from it. Beginning early May, the seasonal flu added up. Then malaria. The worst infection happened around the second week of May,” information officer of the Cobra operation, Myo Thura Ko Ko, said to MPA.
Even though there were increased infections earlier due to weak preventive measures, it was in a stage of under control in the first week of June.
“Both the majority of the comrades and local residents suffered from malaria. Some got the seasonal flu. But when it first began, we were weak at preparing and we only relied on frontline medics. Later, around the first week of June, malaria has been brought under control. The donors also donated as they had learned it by the end of May. Both test kits and drugs for treating malaria have all been sufficiently received,” he continued.
Currently, there are only about 20 comrades still with malaria. The circulating rumor that over half the comrades are suffering from malaria is difficult to confirm, and in some places, there are normal sicknesses also, not malaria. Until now, no death on malaria has been reported, the information officer said.