Climate change brings tropical viruses to UK
Daily Mirror UK|November 20, 2024
Early warning system brought in
MARTIN BAGOT
Climate change brings tropical viruses to UK

A NEW early warning system will detect dangerous mosquito and tick-borne viruses expected to arrive due to climate change.

Four cases of tick-borne encephalitis have already been detected here.

From today NHS Blood and Transplant is enrolling 5,000 participants to initially check for viruses like TBEV, Usutu and West Nile virus.

This story is from the November 20, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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