Venezuela's economic turmoil has brought malaria back, spreading it from the jungle to the cities at levels not seen in decades

Venezuela's economic turmoil has brought malaria back, spreading it from the jungle to the cities at levels not seen in decades

Sunday, August 14, 2016 11:31 AM EDT

With Venezuela’s economy in tatters, at least 70,000 people from all walks of life have been streaming into a mining region to hunt for gold in watery pits. It is a perfect breeding ground for the mosquitoes that spread malaria.

Then, with the disease in their blood, the miners return home to cities where there is often no medicine and little fumigation, and they have passed the disease on to tens of thousands more people and left entire towns desperate for help.

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