Shaafq News/ Iraq has reported its first case of malaria in a foreign worker, marking the country's first incidence of the disease since it was declared malaria-free in 2011.

A medical source told Shafaq News Agency that the infected individual is a foreign national employed by a domestic cleaning company. "This is the first recorded malaria case in Iraq since the country was officially declared free of the disease," the source said.

Medical teams are currently conducting thorough inspections of all locations visited by the infected worker.