The singer was initially diagnosed with exhaustion after collapsing during a photoshoot for her forthcoming record release on Saturday. She was admitted to a Surrey hospital after her condition worsened considerably the next day.
"Cheryl hadn't been feeling herself for about a week [after returning on 22 June]. She was feeling tired and listless. "During Sunday afternoon, Cheryl went downhill quickly. She was sweating and shaking and in a bad way."
Her spokesman said: "Cheryl Cole is currently in hospital, being treated for malaria. Following doctors' advice she will be cancelling all work commitments for the next week."
The 27-year-old singer went to Tanzania for a break from her work three weeks ago. Doctors believe she got malaria because of being bitten by a mosquito there. British tourists increasingly travel to countries where malaria is prevalent and every year about 2,000 Britons return home with malaria, making the UK one of the biggest importers of malaria in the industrialised world. An average of nine people die each year from malaria in the UK.
Malaria is transmitted by an infected mosquito and it only takes one bite from an infected mosquito to produce the disease. The most severe form of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) is on the increase amongst British travellers. A preventable infection, malaria can be fatal if left untreated.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jul/06/cheryl-cole-malaria-reports
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