Greece bans blood donations in 12 districts over malaria - reports

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Twelve districts of Greece have banned blood donations because of malaria, with four cases this year contracted domestically, local media report.

In the 61 other cases recorded, the sufferers became infected on the Indian subcontinent and African states, where the disease is endemic.

The districts affected stretch from the Peloponnese to Thessaloniki.

Domestic cases were first reported four years ago - nearly four decades after the disease was wiped out in Greece.

Budget cuts saw municipal spraying schemes to combat mosquito-borne diseases being cut back.