Malaria grips Jurachari, 388 cases in two months

Malaria has gripped an inaccessible hilly upazila of Rangamati district. Jurachari upazila has seen as many as 388 cases of the vector-borne disease in the past two months, a sudden spurt that has put the local health authorities on high alert. Caused by Plasmodium parasites, malaria affects over 200 million people worldwide