Renewed warning of malaria risks

Health experts have renewed calls for people travelling to malaria-affected areas to ensure they take medication.

The warning from the Health Protection Agency comes after three more people from Britain were diagnosed with malaria.

There have been a total of nine cases since mid-November. Two people returning from Gambia died.

None of the nine had followed medical advice to take anti-malarial medication, the HPA said.

It is particularly concerned about people going to Gambia in west Africa.

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